diff --git a/cohttp.opam b/cohttp.opam
index ca26b399bf..3f5cd4beb6 100644
--- a/cohttp.opam
+++ b/cohttp.opam
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ build: [
 ]
 build-test: [["jbuilder" "runtest" "-p" name "-j" jobs]]
 depends: [
-  "base-bytes"
   "jbuilder" {build & >= "1.0+beta10"}
-  "re"
+  "re" {>= "1.7.2"}
   "uri" {>= "1.9.0"}
   "fieldslib"
   "sexplib"
diff --git a/cohttp/src/header.ml b/cohttp/src/header.ml
index 956f4280c5..6db1a32c94 100644
--- a/cohttp/src/header.ml
+++ b/cohttp/src/header.ml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ let get_connection_close headers =
 
 
 let media_type_re =
-  let re = Re_emacs.re ~case:true "[ \t]*\\([^ \t;]+\\)" in
+  let re = Re.Emacs.re ~case:true "[ \t]*\\([^ \t;]+\\)" in
   Re.(compile (seq ([start; re])))
 
 let get_first_match _re s =
diff --git a/cohttp/src/jbuild b/cohttp/src/jbuild
index c88c71046e..6ac15a86a8 100644
--- a/cohttp/src/jbuild
+++ b/cohttp/src/jbuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   (public_name cohttp)
   (synopsis "Co-operative Client/Server HTTP library.")
   (preprocess (pps (ppx_fields_conv ppx_sexp_conv)))
-  (libraries (re.emacs
+  (libraries (re
               stringext
               uri
               fieldslib