diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 208f8208..b595af20 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
+### Other Changes
+
+
+## 1.8.0.0 (2022-12-22)
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
 - Removed `Polysemy.View`
 - Removed `Polysemy.Law`
 - Removed `(@)` and `(@@)` from `Polysemy`
@@ -22,6 +29,9 @@
 ### Other Changes
 
 - Exposed `send` from `Polysemy`.
+- Dramatically improved build performance of projects when compiling with `-O2`.
+- Removed the debug `dump-core` flag.
+
 
 ## 1.7.1.0 (2021-11-23)
 
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 329942ab..c45b809b 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 name:                polysemy
-version:             1.7.1.0
+version:             1.8.0.0
 github:              "polysemy-research/polysemy"
 license:             BSD3
 author:              "Sandy Maguire"
-maintainer:          "sandy@sandymaguire.me"
-copyright:           "2019-2021 Sandy Maguire"
+maintainer:          "https://funprog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/216942-Polysemy"
+copyright:           "2019-2023 The Polysemy Lounge"
 build-type:          Custom
 
 extra-source-files:
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ when:
       - MonadFailDesugaring
       - TypeInType
 
-flags:
-  dump-core:
-    description: Dump HTML for the core generated by GHC during compilation
-    default:     False
-    manual:      True
-
 library:
   ghc-options: -Wall
   source-dirs: src
@@ -72,13 +66,6 @@ library:
   - Paths_polysemy
 
   when:
-    - condition: flag(dump-core)
-      dependencies:
-        - dump-core
-      ghc-options:
-        - -fplugin=DumpCore
-        - -fplugin-opt=DumpCore:core-html
-
     - condition: impl(ghc < 8.2.2)
       dependencies:
         - unsupported-ghc-version > 1 && < 1
diff --git a/polysemy.cabal b/polysemy.cabal
index 5d76dd07..3cbdc45d 100644
--- a/polysemy.cabal
+++ b/polysemy.cabal
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 cabal-version: 2.0
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.7.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.4.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           polysemy
-version:        1.7.1.0
+version:        1.8.0.0
 synopsis:       Higher-order, low-boilerplate free monads.
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/polysemy-research/polysemy#readme>
 category:       Language
 homepage:       https://github.com/polysemy-research/polysemy#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/polysemy-research/polysemy/issues
 author:         Sandy Maguire
-maintainer:     sandy@sandymaguire.me
-copyright:      2019-2021 Sandy Maguire
+maintainer:     https://funprog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/216942-Polysemy
+copyright:      2019-2023 The Polysemy Lounge
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
 build-type:     Custom
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ custom-setup
     , base >=4.9 && <5
     , cabal-doctest >=1.0.6 && <1.1
 
-flag dump-core
-  description: Dump HTML for the core generated by GHC during compilation
-  manual: True
-  default: False
-
 library
   exposed-modules:
       Polysemy
@@ -118,10 +113,6 @@ library
     default-extensions:
         MonadFailDesugaring
         TypeInType
-  if flag(dump-core)
-    ghc-options: -fplugin=DumpCore -fplugin-opt=DumpCore:core-html
-    build-depends:
-        dump-core
   if impl(ghc < 8.2.2)
     build-depends:
         unsupported-ghc-version >1 && <1
@@ -151,7 +142,6 @@ test-suite polysemy-test
       Paths_polysemy
       Build_doctests
   autogen-modules:
-      Paths_polysemy
       Build_doctests
   hs-source-dirs:
       test
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index e0077922..afcff450 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ packages:
 - .
 - polysemy-plugin
 
-extra-deps:
-- dump-core-0.1.3.2 # used when the dump-core flag is toggled
-- monadLib-3.10 # used by the dump-core library when the dump-core flag is toggled