diff --git a/theories/base.v b/theories/base.v
index be57c2fee8a2b4be3622cc6140c7097c79bddb38..9a066b9834084fa8353de3fa25b86d481a68bc11 100644
--- a/theories/base.v
+++ b/theories/base.v
@@ -327,8 +327,11 @@ Class Trichotomy {A} (R : relation A) :=
   trichotomy x y : R x y ∨ x = y ∨ R y x.
 Class TrichotomyT {A} (R : relation A) :=
   trichotomyT x y : {R x y} + {x = y} + {R y x}.
-Class Involutive {A} (R : relation A) (f : A → A) :=
-  involutive x : R (f (f x)) x.
+
+Notation Involutive R f := (Cancel R f f).
+Lemma involutive {A} {R : relation A} (f : A → A) `{Involutive R f} x :
+  R (f (f x)) x.
+Proof. auto. Qed.
 
 Arguments irreflexivity {_} _ {_} _ _ : assert.
 Arguments inj {_ _ _ _} _ {_} _ _ _ : assert.
@@ -346,7 +349,6 @@ Arguments anti_symm {_ _} _ {_} _ _ _ _ : assert.
 Arguments total {_} _ {_} _ _ : assert.
 Arguments trichotomy {_} _ {_} _ _ : assert.
 Arguments trichotomyT {_} _ {_} _ _ : assert.
-Arguments involutive {_ _} _ {_} _ : assert.
 
 Lemma not_symmetry `{R : relation A, !Symmetric R} x y : ¬R x y → ¬R y x.
 Proof. intuition. Qed.