diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 353fd9db21..4bed8f8001 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -9117,8 +9117,7 @@ (define-public rust-memchr-2.2
          "13j6ji9x9ydpi9grbss106gqqr3xn3bcfp28aydqfa4751qrfmw8"))))
     (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:skip-build? #t
-       #:cargo-inputs
+     `(#:cargo-inputs
        (("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2))
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-quickcheck" ,rust-quickcheck-0.8))))