diff --git a/guix/build/svn.scm b/guix/build/svn.scm
index 2d960cb364..863c48e46d 100644
--- a/guix/build/svn.scm
+++ b/guix/build/svn.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2020, 2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ (define* (svn-fetch url revision directory
            ;; verify the checksum later.  This can be removed when
            ;; ca-certificates package is added.
            "--trust-server-cert" "-r" (number->string revision)
+
+           ;; Disable keyword substitution (keywords are CVS-like strings
+           ;; like "$Date$", "$Id$", and so on).
+           "--ignore-keywords"
+
            `(,@(if (and user-name password)
                    (list (string-append "--username=" user-name)
                          (string-append "--password=" password))