diff --git a/semantic-source/src/Source/Source.hs b/semantic-source/src/Source/Source.hs
index 9724a8f5f..52fde3510 100644
--- a/semantic-source/src/Source/Source.hs
+++ b/semantic-source/src/Source/Source.hs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ totalRange = Range 0 . B.length . bytes
 
 -- | Return a 'Span' that covers the entire text.
 totalSpan :: Source -> Span
-totalSpan source = Span lowerBound (Pos (Prelude.length ranges) (succ (end lastRange - start lastRange))) where
+totalSpan source = Span (Pos 1 1) (Pos (Prelude.length ranges) (succ (end lastRange - start lastRange))) where
   ranges = lineRanges source
   lastRange = fromMaybe lowerBound (getLast (foldMap (Last . Just) ranges))
 
diff --git a/semantic-source/src/Source/Span.hs b/semantic-source/src/Source/Span.hs
index d71553af6..7d15bce87 100644
--- a/semantic-source/src/Source/Span.hs
+++ b/semantic-source/src/Source/Span.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import           Control.DeepSeq (NFData)
 import           Data.Aeson ((.:), (.=))
 import qualified Data.Aeson as A
 import           Data.Hashable (Hashable)
-import           Data.Semilattice.Lower (Lower (..))
 import           GHC.Generics (Generic)
 import           GHC.Stack (SrcLoc (..))
 
@@ -46,10 +45,6 @@ instance A.FromJSON Span where
     <$> o .: "start"
     <*> o .: "end"
 
-instance Lower Span where
-  lowerBound = Span lowerBound lowerBound
-
-
 -- | Construct a Span with a given value for both its start and end positions.
 point :: Pos -> Span
 point p = Span p p
@@ -83,10 +78,6 @@ instance A.FromJSON Pos where
     [ line, col ] <- A.parseJSON arr
     pure $ Pos line col
 
-instance Lower Pos where
-  lowerBound = Pos 1 1
-
-
 line_, column_ :: Lens' Pos Int
 line_   = lens line   (\p l -> p { line   = l })
 column_ = lens column (\p l -> p { column = l })