diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Dates.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Dates.hs
index 5f533de4a..20acae22e 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Dates.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Dates.hs
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ module Hledger.Data.Dates (
 )
 where
 
+import Prelude ()
+import "base-compat-batteries" Prelude.Compat hiding (fail)
 import qualified "base-compat-batteries" Control.Monad.Fail.Compat as Fail (MonadFail, fail)
 import Control.Applicative.Permutations
 import Control.Monad (unless)
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
index 08f89d560..36043c20c 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ module Hledger.Read.Common (
 )
 where
 --- * imports
+import Prelude ()
+import "base-compat-batteries" Prelude.Compat hiding (fail, readFile)
 import qualified "base-compat-batteries" Control.Monad.Fail.Compat as Fail (fail)
 import Control.Monad.Except (ExceptT(..), runExceptT, throwError)
 import Control.Monad.State.Strict hiding (fail)
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/CsvReader.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/CsvReader.hs
index 3b44e5c90..9d0add2d5 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/CsvReader.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/CsvReader.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ module Hledger.Read.CsvReader (
   tests_CsvReader,
 )
 where
+import Prelude ()
+import "base-compat-batteries" Prelude.Compat hiding (fail)
 import qualified "base-compat-batteries" Control.Monad.Fail.Compat as Fail (fail)
 import Control.Exception          (IOException, handle, throw)
 import Control.Monad              (liftM, unless, when)
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
index 0b057cfd4..358109847 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ module Hledger.Read.JournalReader (
 )
 where
 --- * imports
+-- import qualified Prelude (fail)
+-- import "base-compat-batteries" Prelude.Compat hiding (fail, readFile)
 import qualified "base-compat-batteries" Control.Monad.Fail.Compat as Fail (fail)
 import qualified Control.Exception as C
 import Control.Monad (forM_, when, void)
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
index 63077cf32..7b8ba81f3 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Add (
 )
 where
 
+import Prelude ()
+import "base-compat-batteries" Prelude.Compat hiding (fail)
 import Control.Exception as E
 import Control.Monad (when)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Class