diff --git a/garnet.cabal b/garnet.cabal
index d09bc30..6ad3521 100644
--- a/garnet.cabal
+++ b/garnet.cabal
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ common common
         -Wall
         -fdefer-type-errors
     build-depends:
+        base,
         bytestring,
         extra,
         mtl,
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ library
     -- includes: garnet_rs.h
     extra-bundled-libraries: Cgarnet_rs
     build-depends:
-        base,
         hs-bindgen,
         hs-bindgen-runtime,
         template-haskell,
@@ -67,5 +67,4 @@ executable garnet
         -rtsopts
         -with-rtsopts=-N
     build-depends:
-        base,
         garnet,