--- a/th-desugar.cabal
+++ b/th-desugar.cabal
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
       ghc-prim,
       template-haskell >= 2.9 && < 2.16,
       containers >= 0.5,
-      fail == 4.9.*,
       mtl >= 2.1,
       ordered-containers >= 0.2.2,
       semigroups >= 0.16,
