diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/UTF8.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/UTF8.hs
index 929bc3f89..e2959eae7 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/UTF8.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/UTF8.hs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module Text.Pandoc.UTF8 ( readFile
 
 where
 
-#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,5,0)
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,4,0)
 #else
 import Codec.Binary.UTF8.String (encodeString)
 #endif
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ hPutStrLn h s = hPutStr h (s ++ "\n")
 #endif
 
 encodePath :: FilePath -> FilePath
-#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,5,0)
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,4,0)
 encodePath = id
 #else
 encodePath = encodeString
diff --git a/src/pandoc.hs b/src/pandoc.hs
index 7e9646c94..0eb64c9ba 100644
--- a/src/pandoc.hs
+++ b/src/pandoc.hs
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ import Network.URI (parseURI, isURI, URI(..))
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as B
 import Data.ByteString.Lazy.UTF8 (toString )
 import Text.CSL.Reference (Reference(..))
-#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,5,0)
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,4,0)
 #else
 import Codec.Binary.UTF8.String (decodeString, encodeString)
 #endif
 
 encodePath, decodeArg :: FilePath -> FilePath
-#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,5,0)
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,4,0)
 encodePath = id
 decodeArg  = id
 #else