diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 89cf6633b..9f9949ef8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix monads)
   #:use-module (guix store)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
+  #:use-module ((srfi srfi-1) #:hide (zip))
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
@@ -1412,7 +1413,7 @@ parallel computing platforms.  It also supports serial execution.")
      `(("mpi" ,openmpi)))
     (inputs
      `(("trilinos" ,trilinos-parallel-xyce)
-       ,@((@ (srfi srfi-1) alist-delete) "trilinos"
+       ,@(alist-delete "trilinos"
                        (package-inputs xyce-serial))))))
 
 (define-public freehdl