diff --git a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
index 26180bae24b..ae98eba7444 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ export GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_DISABLE_RPATH=yes
 # Make /usr/bin if it doesn't exist
 [ -e /usr/bin ] || mkdir -p /usr/bin
 
-# Symlink file and env to a conventional path
-[ -e /usr/bin/file ] || ln -s --no-dereference "$(command -v file)" /usr/bin/file
+# Symlink env to a conventional path
 [ -e /usr/bin/env ]  || ln -s --no-dereference "$(command -v env)"  /usr/bin/env
 
 # Determine the correct value for -Wl,--dynamic-linker for the current $HOST
diff --git a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
index c1e72bd1e64..92fc1791f03 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
+++ b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
              (gnu packages commencement)
              (gnu packages compression)
              (gnu packages cross-base)
-             (gnu packages file)
              (gnu packages gawk)
              (gnu packages gcc)
              ((gnu packages installers) #:select (nsis-x86_64))
@@ -531,7 +530,6 @@ inspecting signatures in Mach-O binaries.")
         which
         coreutils-minimal
         ;; File(system) inspection
-        file
         grep
         diffutils
         findutils