diff --git a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
index 3ccdef1328..a383c8c75f 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ runs `make distcheck' and whose result is one or more source tarballs."
                     (module-ref (resolve-interface module) var))))
          `(("autoconf" ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'autoconf))
            ("automake" ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'automake))
-           ("libtool"  ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'libtool) "bin")
+           ("libtool"  ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'libtool))
            ("gettext"  ,(ref '(gnu packages gettext) 'gnu-gettext))
            ("texinfo"  ,(ref '(gnu packages texinfo) 'texinfo))))))))