diff --git a/gnu/packages/hexedit.scm b/gnu/packages/hexedit.scm
index 368a902ce3..e1a029167a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/hexedit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/hexedit.scm
@@ -49,20 +49,22 @@
      `(#:tests? #f                      ; no check target
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         ;; Make F1 open the man page even if man-db is not in the profile
+         ;; Make F1 open the man page even if man-db is not in the profile.
          (add-after 'unpack 'patch-man-path
-           (lambda _
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
              (substitute* "interact.c"
                (("\"man\"")
-                (string-append "\"" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "man-db") "/bin/man\""))
+                (string-append "\"" (assoc-ref inputs "man-db") "/bin/man\""))
                (("\"hexedit\"")
-                (string-append "\"" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/share/man/man1/hexedit.1.gz\""))))))))
+                (string-append "\"" (assoc-ref outputs "out")
+                               "/share/man/man1/hexedit.1.gz\"")))
+             #t)))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
        ("automake" ,automake)))
     (inputs
-     `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
-       ("man-db" ,man-db)))
+     `(("man-db" ,man-db)
+       ("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
     (synopsis "View and edit files or devices in hexadecimal or ASCII")
     (description "hexedit shows a file both in ASCII and in hexadecimal.  The
 file can be a device as the file is read a piece at a time.  You can modify