diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 8c55c749d8..133a338c6e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2018 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2017 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Sassmannshausen <alex@pompo.co>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Erik Edrosa <erik.edrosa@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Eraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
@@ -860,14 +860,6 @@ provides tight coupling to Guix.")
                (base32
                 "0qjjvadr7gibdq9jvwkmlkb4afsw9n2shfj9phpiadinxk3p4m2g"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     '(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                  (add-after 'unpack 'autoreconf
-                    (lambda _
-                      ;; Repository comes with a broken symlink
-                      (delete-file "README")
-                      (symlink "README.org" "README")
-                      (zero? (system* "autoreconf" "-fi")))))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("autoconf" ,autoconf-wrapper)
        ("automake" ,automake)