diff --git a/guix-kernel/environ.scm b/guix-kernel/environ.scm
index 3cf5f9573a99cf93cb8423994cb4df35aed63b7d..3032b415ef9080570351369bf9c04ba02286fd74 100644
--- a/guix-kernel/environ.scm
+++ b/guix-kernel/environ.scm
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 (define (guile-current-version->path)
   "Return path to current guile executable file."
-  (guile->bin-path (package-name->path (string-append "guile" "@" (version)))))
+  (guile->bin-path (package-name->path "guile")))
 
 (define (guile-current-load-path->args-list)
   "Return list of load path with '-L' prefix for each path."