diff --git a/src/rebar.hrl b/src/rebar.hrl
index 65b845d9..12629fc4 100644
--- a/src/rebar.hrl
+++ b/src/rebar.hrl
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-%% TODO: rename FAIL to ABORT once we require at least R13B04 for
-%% building rebar. Macros with different arity were not supported by the
-%% compiler before 13B04.
--define(FAIL, rebar_utils:abort()).
+-define(ABORT, rebar_utils:abort()).
 -define(ABORT(Str, Args), rebar_utils:abort(Str, Args)).
 
 -define(CONSOLE(Str, Args), io:format(Str++"~n", Args)).
diff --git a/src/rebar_api.erl b/src/rebar_api.erl
index 00eb0541..cbb4b699 100644
--- a/src/rebar_api.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_api.erl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 %% @doc Interrupts program flow
 -spec abort() -> no_return().
-abort() -> ?FAIL.
+abort() -> ?ABORT.
 
 %% @doc like {@link error/2}, except it also raises an
 %% exception to interrupt program flow.
diff --git a/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl
index ad81c86c..56589197 100644
--- a/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ compile_each([Source | Rest], Config, CompileFn) ->
             ?ERROR("Compiling ~ts failed", [NewSource]),
             maybe_report(Error),
             ?DEBUG("Compilation failed: ~p", [Error]),
-            ?FAIL
+            ?ABORT
     end,
     compile_each(Rest, Config, CompileFn).
 
diff --git a/src/rebar_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_compiler.erl
index 6ec8d2d4..e718eb41 100644
--- a/src/rebar_compiler.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_compiler.erl
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ do_compile(CompilerMod, Source, Outs, Config, Opts) ->
             ?ERROR("Compiling ~ts failed", [NewSource]),
             maybe_report(Error),
             ?DEBUG("Compilation failed: ~p", [Error]),
-            ?FAIL
+            ?ABORT
     end.
 
 do_compile_and_track(CompilerMod, Source, Outs, Config, Opts) ->
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ do_compile_and_track(CompilerMod, Source, Outs, Config, Opts) ->
             ?ERROR("Compiling ~ts failed", [NewSource]),
             maybe_report(Error),
             ?DEBUG("Compilation failed: ~p", [Error]),
-            ?FAIL
+            ?ABORT
     end.
 
 store_artifacts(_G, []) ->
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ compile_handler({Error, Source}, [Config | _Rest]) ->
     NewSource = format_error_source(Source, Config),
     ?ERROR("Compiling ~ts failed", [NewSource]),
     maybe_report(Error),
-    ?FAIL.
+    ?ABORT.
 
 clean_(CompilerMod, AppInfo, _Label) ->
     #{src_dirs := SrcDirs,
diff --git a/src/rebar_compiler_dag.erl b/src/rebar_compiler_dag.erl
index 74e97984..ef01523a 100644
--- a/src/rebar_compiler_dag.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_compiler_dag.erl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ finalise_populate_sources(G, InDirs, Waiting) ->
         {'DOWN', _MRef, process, Pid, Reason} ->
             {_Status, Source} = maps:get(Pid, Waiting),
             ?ERROR("Failed to get dependencies for ~s~n~p", [Source, Reason]),
-            ?FAIL
+            ?ABORT
     end.
 
 %% @doc this function scans all the source files found and looks into
diff --git a/src/rebar_compiler_mib.erl b/src/rebar_compiler_mib.erl
index e25cc809..e5db42bb 100644
--- a/src/rebar_compiler_mib.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_compiler_mib.erl
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ compile(Source, OutDirs, _, Opts) ->
             rebar_file_utils:mv(HrlFilename, HrlOut),
             ok;
         {error, compilation_failed} ->
-            ?FAIL
+            ?ABORT
     end.
 
 clean(MibFiles, AppInfo) ->
diff --git a/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
index b9dc60af..1b996b32 100644
--- a/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ compile_mib(AppInfo) ->
                 rebar_file_utils:mv(HrlFilename, AppInclude),
                 ok;
             {error, compilation_failed} ->
-                ?FAIL
+                ?ABORT
         end
     end.
 
diff --git a/src/rebar_file_utils.erl b/src/rebar_file_utils.erl
index ebbd5e99..f01c9d32 100644
--- a/src/rebar_file_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_file_utils.erl
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ delete_each([File | Rest]) ->
             delete_each(Rest);
         {error, Reason} ->
             ?ERROR("Failed to delete file ~ts: ~p\n", [File, Reason]),
-            ?FAIL
+            ?ABORT
     end.
 
 %% @doc backwards compat layer to pre-utf8 support
diff --git a/src/rebar_parallel.erl b/src/rebar_parallel.erl
index e443619c..8e48c9b7 100644
--- a/src/rebar_parallel.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_parallel.erl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ parallel_dispatch(Targets, Pids, Handler, Args) ->
             parallel_dispatch(Targets, NewPids, Handler, Args);
         {'DOWN', _Mref, _, _Pid, Info} ->
             ?ERROR("Task failed: ~p", [Info]),
-            ?FAIL;
+            ?ABORT;
         {result, Result} ->
             case Handler(Result, Args) of
                 ok ->
diff --git a/src/rebar_prv_install_deps.erl b/src/rebar_prv_install_deps.erl
index 4bd58057..52c57156 100644
--- a/src/rebar_prv_install_deps.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_prv_install_deps.erl
@@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ warn_skip_deps(AppInfo, State) ->
                 false -> ok
             end;
         true ->
-            ?ERROR(Msg, Args), ?FAIL
+            ?ERROR(Msg, Args),
+            ?ABORT
     end.
 
 not_needs_compile(App) ->