diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b6424015..7632e789 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@
     All of these were now removed. You can use the re-exported `def` from
     `Data.Default` instead.
 
+  * `XMonad.Hooks.Script`
+
+    `execScriptHook` now has an `X` constraint (was: `MonadIO`), due to changes
+    in how the xmonad core handles XDG directories.
+
+  * `XMonad.Prompt`
+
+    `historyCompletion` and `historyCompletionP` now both have an `X`
+    constraint (was: `IO`), due to changes in how the xmonad core handles XDG
+    directories.
+
 ### New Modules
 
   * `XMonad.Util.Hacks`
diff --git a/XMonad/Actions/Search.hs b/XMonad/Actions/Search.hs
index d410d307..bfbde3e8 100644
--- a/XMonad/Actions/Search.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Actions/Search.hs
@@ -363,18 +363,16 @@ namedEngine name (SearchEngine _ site) = searchEngineF name site
    Prompt's result, passes it to a given searchEngine and opens it in a given
    browser. -}
 promptSearchBrowser :: XPConfig -> Browser -> SearchEngine -> X ()
-promptSearchBrowser config browser (SearchEngine name site) =
-    mkXPrompt (Search name) config (historyCompletionP ("Search [" `isPrefixOf`)) $ search browser site
+promptSearchBrowser config browser (SearchEngine name site) = do
+    hc <- historyCompletionP ("Search [" `isPrefixOf`)
+    mkXPrompt (Search name) config hc $ search browser site
 
 {- | Like 'promptSearchBrowser', but only suggest previous searches for the
    given 'SearchEngine' in the prompt. -}
 promptSearchBrowser' :: XPConfig -> Browser -> SearchEngine -> X ()
-promptSearchBrowser' config browser (SearchEngine name site) =
-    mkXPrompt
-        (Search name)
-        config
-        (historyCompletionP (searchName `isPrefixOf`))
-        $ search browser site
+promptSearchBrowser' config browser (SearchEngine name site) = do
+    hc <- historyCompletionP (searchName `isPrefixOf`)
+    mkXPrompt (Search name) config hc $ search browser site
   where
     searchName = showXPrompt (Search name)
 
diff --git a/XMonad/Hooks/Script.hs b/XMonad/Hooks/Script.hs
index b298920f..6c3371c6 100644
--- a/XMonad/Hooks/Script.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Hooks/Script.hs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import XMonad
 -- @~\/.xmonad\/hooks startup@ will also.
 
 -- | Execute a named script hook
-execScriptHook :: MonadIO m => String -> m ()
+execScriptHook :: String -> X ()
 execScriptHook hook = do
   xmonadDir <- getXMonadDir
   let script = xmonadDir ++ "/hooks "
diff --git a/XMonad/Prompt.hs b/XMonad/Prompt.hs
index 3f4303a7..3d283ce9 100644
--- a/XMonad/Prompt.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Prompt.hs
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ mkXPromptImplementation historyKey conf om = do
   XConf { display = d, theRoot = rw } <- ask
   s <- gets $ screenRect . W.screenDetail . W.current . windowset
   numlock <- gets X.numberlockMask
-  hist <- io readHistory
+  cachedir <- getXMonadCacheDir
+  hist <- io $ readHistory cachedir
   fs <- initXMF (font conf)
   st' <- io $
     bracket
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ mkXPromptImplementation historyKey conf om = do
   releaseXMF fs
   when (successful st') $ do
     let prune = take (historySize conf)
-    io $ writeHistory $
+    io $ writeHistory cachedir $
       M.insertWith
       (\xs ys -> prune . historyFilter conf $ xs ++ ys)
       historyKey
@@ -1560,21 +1561,21 @@ type History = M.Map String [String]
 emptyHistory :: History
 emptyHistory = M.empty
 
-getHistoryFile :: IO FilePath
-getHistoryFile = fmap (++ "/prompt-history") getXMonadCacheDir
+getHistoryFile :: FilePath -> FilePath
+getHistoryFile cachedir = cachedir ++ "/prompt-history"
 
-readHistory :: IO History
-readHistory = readHist `E.catch` \(SomeException _) -> return emptyHistory
+readHistory :: FilePath -> IO History
+readHistory cachedir = readHist `E.catch` \(SomeException _) -> return emptyHistory
  where
     readHist = do
-        path <- getHistoryFile
+        let path = getHistoryFile cachedir
         xs <- bracket (openFile path ReadMode) hClose hGetLine
         readIO xs
 
-writeHistory :: History -> IO ()
-writeHistory hist = do
-  path <- getHistoryFile
-  let filtered = M.filter (not . null) hist
+writeHistory :: FilePath -> History -> IO ()
+writeHistory cachedir hist = do
+  let path = getHistoryFile cachedir
+      filtered = M.filter (not . null) hist
   writeFile path (show filtered) `E.catch` \(SomeException e) ->
                           hPutStrLn stderr ("error writing history: "++show e)
   setFileMode path mode
@@ -1667,14 +1668,17 @@ breakAtSpace s
 -- | 'historyCompletion' provides a canned completion function much like
 --   'getShellCompl'; you pass it to mkXPrompt, and it will make completions work
 --   from the query history stored in the XMonad cache directory.
-historyCompletion :: ComplFunction
+historyCompletion :: X ComplFunction
 historyCompletion = historyCompletionP (const True)
 
 -- | Like 'historyCompletion' but only uses history data from Prompts whose
 -- name satisfies the given predicate.
-historyCompletionP :: (String -> Bool) -> ComplFunction
-historyCompletionP p x = fmap (toComplList . M.filterWithKey (const . p)) readHistory
-    where toComplList = deleteConsecutive . filter (isInfixOf x) . M.foldr (++) []
+historyCompletionP :: (String -> Bool) -> X ComplFunction
+historyCompletionP p = do
+    cd <- getXMonadCacheDir
+    pure $ \x ->
+        let toComplList = deleteConsecutive . filter (isInfixOf x) . M.foldr (++) []
+         in toComplList . M.filterWithKey (const . p) <$> readHistory cd
 
 -- | Sort a list and remove duplicates. Like 'deleteAllDuplicates', but trades off
 --   laziness and stability for efficiency.