diff --git a/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/DeviceSource.hs b/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/DeviceSource.hs
index 4c25f3b0..f4f5529b 100644
--- a/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/DeviceSource.hs
+++ b/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/DeviceSource.hs
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ lsOpen :: (HasLogFunc e)
   -> FilePath      -- ^ The path to the device file
   -> RIO e DeviceFile
 lsOpen pr pt = do
-#if MIN_VERSION_unix(2,8,0)
-  h  <- liftIO . openFd pt ReadOnly $
-#else
-  h  <- liftIO . openFd pt ReadOnly Nothing $
+  h  <- liftIO $ openFd pt
+    ReadOnly
+#if !MIN_VERSION_unix(2,8,0)
+    Nothing
 #endif
-    OpenFileFlags False False False False False
+    defaultFileFlags
   hd <- liftIO $ fdToHandle h
   logInfo "Initiating ioctl grab"
   ioctl_keyboard h True `onErr` IOCtlGrabError pt
diff --git a/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/UinputSink.hs b/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/UinputSink.hs
index 082c9092..99e0ef91 100644
--- a/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/UinputSink.hs
+++ b/src/KMonad/Keyboard/IO/Linux/UinputSink.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveAnyClass #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-|
 Module      : KMonad.Keyboard.IO.Linux.UinputSink
 Description : Using Linux's uinput interface to emit events
@@ -141,8 +142,12 @@ send_event u (Fd h) e@(LinuxKeyEvent (s', ns', typ, c, val)) = do
 usOpen :: HasLogFunc e => UinputCfg -> RIO e UinputSink
 usOpen c = do
   when (null $ c ^. keyboardName) $ throwM EmptyNameError
-  fd <- liftIO . openFd "/dev/uinput" WriteOnly Nothing $
-    OpenFileFlags False False False True False
+  fd <- liftIO $ openFd "/dev/uinput"
+    WriteOnly
+#if !MIN_VERSION_unix(2,8,0)
+    Nothing
+#endif
+    defaultFileFlags
   logInfo "Registering Uinput device"
   acquire_uinput_keysink fd c `onErr` UinputRegistrationError (c ^. keyboardName)
   flip (maybe $ pure ()) (c^.postInit) $ \cmd -> do