diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 9bddf88162..95a8f30335 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 ;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 (define-module (guix profiles)
+  #:use-module ((guix config) #:select (%state-directory))
   #:use-module ((guix utils) #:hide (package-name->name+version))
   #:use-module ((guix build utils)
                 #:select (package-name->name+version))
@@ -118,7 +119,13 @@
             generation-file-name
             switch-to-generation
             roll-back
-            delete-generation))
+            delete-generation
+
+            %user-profile-directory
+            %profile-directory
+            %current-profile
+            canonicalize-profile
+            user-friendly-profile))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;;
@@ -1515,4 +1522,44 @@ because the NUMBER is zero.)"
           (else
            (delete-and-return)))))
 
+(define %user-profile-directory
+  (and=> (getenv "HOME")
+         (cut string-append <> "/.guix-profile")))
+
+(define %profile-directory
+  (string-append %state-directory "/profiles/"
+                 (or (and=> (or (getenv "USER")
+                                (getenv "LOGNAME"))
+                            (cut string-append "per-user/" <>))
+                     "default")))
+
+(define %current-profile
+  ;; Call it `guix-profile', not `profile', to allow Guix profiles to
+  ;; coexist with Nix profiles.
+  (string-append %profile-directory "/guix-profile"))
+
+(define (canonicalize-profile profile)
+  "If PROFILE is %USER-PROFILE-DIRECTORY, return %CURRENT-PROFILE.  Otherwise
+return PROFILE unchanged.  The goal is to treat '-p ~/.guix-profile' as if
+'-p' was omitted."                           ; see <http://bugs.gnu.org/17939>
+
+  ;; Trim trailing slashes so that the basename comparison below works as
+  ;; intended.
+  (let ((profile (string-trim-right profile #\/)))
+    (if (and %user-profile-directory
+             (string=? (canonicalize-path (dirname profile))
+                       (dirname %user-profile-directory))
+             (string=? (basename profile) (basename %user-profile-directory)))
+        %current-profile
+        profile)))
+
+(define (user-friendly-profile profile)
+  "Return either ~/.guix-profile if that's what PROFILE refers to, directly or
+indirectly, or PROFILE."
+  (if (and %user-profile-directory
+           (false-if-exception
+            (string=? (readlink %user-profile-directory) profile)))
+      %user-profile-directory
+      profile))
+
 ;;; profiles.scm ends here
diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index 4f519e6f33..29829f52c8 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -64,46 +64,6 @@
 ;;; Profiles.
 ;;;
 
-(define %user-profile-directory
-  (and=> (getenv "HOME")
-         (cut string-append <> "/.guix-profile")))
-
-(define %profile-directory
-  (string-append %state-directory "/profiles/"
-                 (or (and=> (or (getenv "USER")
-                                (getenv "LOGNAME"))
-                            (cut string-append "per-user/" <>))
-                     "default")))
-
-(define %current-profile
-  ;; Call it `guix-profile', not `profile', to allow Guix profiles to
-  ;; coexist with Nix profiles.
-  (string-append %profile-directory "/guix-profile"))
-
-(define (canonicalize-profile profile)
-  "If PROFILE is %USER-PROFILE-DIRECTORY, return %CURRENT-PROFILE.  Otherwise
-return PROFILE unchanged.  The goal is to treat '-p ~/.guix-profile' as if
-'-p' was omitted."                           ; see <http://bugs.gnu.org/17939>
-
-  ;; Trim trailing slashes so that the basename comparison below works as
-  ;; intended.
-  (let ((profile (string-trim-right profile #\/)))
-    (if (and %user-profile-directory
-             (string=? (canonicalize-path (dirname profile))
-                       (dirname %user-profile-directory))
-             (string=? (basename profile) (basename %user-profile-directory)))
-        %current-profile
-        profile)))
-
-(define (user-friendly-profile profile)
-  "Return either ~/.guix-profile if that's what PROFILE refers to, directly or
-indirectly, or PROFILE."
-  (if (and %user-profile-directory
-           (false-if-exception
-            (string=? (readlink %user-profile-directory) profile)))
-      %user-profile-directory
-      profile))
-
 (define (ensure-default-profile)
   "Ensure the default profile symlink and directory exist and are writable."