diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index caecd2b6b..e32ca84a7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -1995,12 +1995,9 @@ It has a nice, simple s-expression based syntax.")
                     (guild (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "guile")
                                           "/bin/guild")))
                ;; The original 'make install' is too primitive.
-               (mkdir-p module-dir)
-               (mkdir-p language-dir)
 
                ;; copy the source
-               (copy-file "ice-9/colorized.scm"
-                          (string-append language-dir "/colorized.scm"))
+               (install-file "ice-9/colorized.scm" language-dir)
 
                ;; compile to the destination
                (compile-file "ice-9/colorized.scm"