diff --git a/yesod-bin/Devel.hs b/yesod-bin/Devel.hs
index 043648eb..cb4d0ce1 100644
--- a/yesod-bin/Devel.hs
+++ b/yesod-bin/Devel.hs
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ import           Data.Streaming.Network                (bindPortTCP)
 import           Network                               (withSocketsDo)
 import           Network.HTTP.Conduit                  (conduitManagerSettings, newManager)
 import           Data.Default.Class                    (def)
+#if MIN_VERSION_http_client(0,4,7)
 import           Network.HTTP.Client                   (managerSetProxy, noProxy)
+#endif
 import           Network.HTTP.ReverseProxy             (ProxyDest (ProxyDest),
                                                         waiProxyToSettings, wpsTimeout, wpsOnExc)
 import qualified Network.HTTP.ReverseProxy             as ReverseProxy
@@ -125,7 +127,11 @@ cabalProgram opts | isCabalDev opts = "cabal-dev"
 -- 3001, give an appropriate message to the user.
 reverseProxy :: DevelOpts -> I.IORef Int -> IO ()
 reverseProxy opts iappPort = do
+#if MIN_VERSION_http_client(0,4,7)
     manager <- newManager $ managerSetProxy noProxy conduitManagerSettings
+#else
+    manager <- newManager conduitManagerSettings
+#endif
     let refreshHtml = LB.fromChunks $ return $(embedFile "refreshing.html")
     let onExc _ req
             | maybe False (("application/json" `elem`) . parseHttpAccept)
diff --git a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
index fa745bf9..2785a5a9 100644
--- a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
+++ b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ executable             yesod
                      , http-reverse-proxy >= 0.4
                      , network
                      , http-conduit       >= 2.1.4
-                     , http-client        >= 0.4.7
+                     , http-client
                      , project-template   >= 0.1.1
                      , transformers
                      , transformers-compat