diff --git a/guix/import/pypi.scm b/guix/import/pypi.scm
index 9a40dea1c13..dd43ebdcf3d 100644
--- a/guix/import/pypi.scm
+++ b/guix/import/pypi.scm
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
   (license      project-info-license)             ;string
   (download-url project-info-download-url         ;string | #f
                 "download_url" non-empty-string-or-false)
-  (home-page    project-info-home-page            ;string
-                "home_page")
+  (home-page    project-info-home-page            ;string | #f
+                "home_page" non-empty-string-or-false)
   (url          project-info-url "project_url")   ;string
   (release-url  project-info-release-url "release_url") ;string
   (version      project-info-version))            ;string
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index 70ccd8a924c..18ab23e0aa6 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ Texinfo.  Otherwise, return the string."
                (sanitize validate-texinfo))       ; one or two paragraphs
   (license package-license                        ; (list of) <license>
            (sanitize validate-license))
-  (home-page package-home-page)                   ; string
+  (home-page package-home-page)                   ; string | #f
   (supported-systems package-supported-systems    ; list of strings
                      (default %supported-systems))