diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/GhcPkg.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/GhcPkg.hs
index ca8a8ab..6c1f5b8 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/GhcPkg.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/GhcPkg.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP, BangPatterns, ScopedTypeVariables, TupleSections #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, ScopedTypeVariables, TupleSections #-}
 module Language.Haskell.GhcMod.GhcPkg (
     ghcPkgDbOpt
   , ghcPkgDbStackOpts
@@ -10,15 +10,10 @@ module Language.Haskell.GhcMod.GhcPkg (
   , getPackageDbStack
   ) where
 
-#ifndef MIN_VERSION_Cabal
-#define MIN_VERSION_Cabal(x,y,z) 1
-#endif
-
 import Config (cProjectVersionInt)
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
-#if MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,18,0)
+import Control.Exception (SomeException(..))
 import qualified Control.Exception as E
-#endif
 import Data.Char (isSpace)
 import Data.List (isPrefixOf, intercalate)
 import Data.List.Split (splitOn)
@@ -55,14 +50,9 @@ getPackageDbStack :: FilePath -- ^ Project Directory (where the
                                  -- cabal.sandbox.config file would be if it
                                  -- exists)
                   -> IO [GhcPkgDb]
-#if MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,18,0)
 getPackageDbStack cdir =
     (getSandboxDb cdir >>= \db -> return [GlobalDb, PackageDb db])
-      `E.catch` \(_ :: E.SomeException) -> return [GlobalDb, UserDb]
-#else
-getPackageDbStack _ =
-    return [GlobalDb, UserDb]
-#endif
+      `E.catch` \(_ :: SomeException) -> return [GlobalDb, UserDb]
 
 fromInstalledPackageId' :: InstalledPackageId -> Maybe Package
 fromInstalledPackageId' pid = let
diff --git a/test/CabalApiSpec.hs b/test/CabalApiSpec.hs
index cd010dd..d7b1d13 100644
--- a/test/CabalApiSpec.hs
+++ b/test/CabalApiSpec.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP, ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 
 module CabalApiSpec where
 
@@ -36,15 +36,9 @@ spec = do
                         ghcOptions  = ghcOptions res
                       , includeDirs = map (toRelativeDir dir) (includeDirs res)
                       }
-#if MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,18,0)
                 if ghcVersion < 706
                   then ghcOptions res' `shouldContain` ["-global-package-conf", "-no-user-package-conf","-package-conf",cwd </> "test/data/.cabal-sandbox/i386-osx-ghc-7.6.3-packages.conf.d","-XHaskell98"]
                   else ghcOptions res' `shouldContain` ["-global-package-db", "-no-user-package-db","-package-db",cwd </> "test/data/.cabal-sandbox/i386-osx-ghc-7.6.3-packages.conf.d","-XHaskell98"]
-#else
-                if ghcVersion < 706
-                  then ghcOptions res' `shouldContain` ["-global-package-conf", "-user-package-conf","-XHaskell98"]
-                  else ghcOptions res' `shouldContain` ["-global-package-db", "-user-package-db","-XHaskell98"]
-#endif
                 includeDirs res' `shouldBe` ["test/data","test/data/dist/build","test/data/dist/build/autogen","test/data/subdir1/subdir2","test/data/test"]
                 (pkgName `map` depPackages res') `shouldContain` ["Cabal"]
 
diff --git a/test/CradleSpec.hs b/test/CradleSpec.hs
index 38fd869..2bf54e1 100644
--- a/test/CradleSpec.hs
+++ b/test/CradleSpec.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 module CradleSpec where
 
 import Control.Applicative
@@ -32,11 +31,7 @@ spec = do
                     cradleCurrentDir = "test" </> "data" </> "subdir1" </> "subdir2"
                   , cradleRootDir    = "test" </> "data"
                   , cradleCabalFile  = Just ("test" </> "data" </> "cabalapi.cabal")
-#if MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,18,0)
                   , cradlePkgDbStack = [GlobalDb, PackageDb (cwd </> "test/data/.cabal-sandbox/i386-osx-ghc-7.6.3-packages.conf.d")]
-#else
-                  , cradlePkgDbStack = [GlobalDb, UserDb]
-#endif
                   }
         it "works even if a sandbox config file is broken" $ do
             withDirectory "test/data/broken-sandbox" $ \dir -> do
diff --git a/test/GhcPkgSpec.hs b/test/GhcPkgSpec.hs
index 3c84177..af39235 100644
--- a/test/GhcPkgSpec.hs
+++ b/test/GhcPkgSpec.hs
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ import Test.Hspec
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
-    describe "getPackageDbStack" $ do
-#if !MIN_VERSION_Cabal(1,18,0)
-        it "does not include a sandbox with Cabal < 1.18" $ do
+    describe "getSandboxDb" $ do
+-- ghc < 7.8
+#if !MIN_VERSION_ghc(7,8,0)
+        it "does include a sandbox with ghc < 7.8" $ do
             cwd <- getCurrentDirectory
-            getPackageDbStack cwd `shouldReturn` [GlobalDb, UserDb]
+            getPackageDbStack "test/data/" `shouldReturn` [GlobalDb, PackageDb $ cwd </> "test/data/.cabal-sandbox/i386-osx-ghc-7.6.3-packages.conf.d"]
 #endif
+
         it "parses a config file and extracts sandbox package db" $ do
             cwd <- getCurrentDirectory
             pkgDb <- getSandboxDb "test/data/"