diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
index 3e976cc9dd5..2703a3af196 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
@@ -7356,7 +7356,7 @@ HTTP handler to implement a HTTP GraphQL endpoint.")
        (list autoconf
              automake
              libtool
-             gnu-gettext
+             gettext-minimal
              pkg-config
 
              ;; Use Guile >= 3.0.8 to work around