diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 9af903e6..ae2fe537 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -192,7 +192,11 @@
       (yas-global-mode 1)
       (with-eval-after-load 'yasnippet
         (add-to-list 'yas-snippet-dirs (expand-file-name "etc/snippets" "~/projects/guix"))))
-    (add-to-list 'geiser-guile-load-path "~/projects/guix"))
+    ;; REVIEW: This is suggested in the manual but it does not seem to work.
+    ;; (add-to-list 'geiser-guile-load-path "~/projects/guix")
+    )
+  ;; To use package declaration from the local checkout:
+  ;; (setq guix-load-path "~/projects/guix")
   (defun ambrevar/init-guix ()
     (and buffer-file-name
          (string-match "\\<guix\\>" buffer-file-name)