diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 7793bf4d7c..2bf7b4bee9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -5062,14 +5062,7 @@ (define-public efivar
                           (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath=" %output "/lib"))
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (delete 'configure)
-         (add-before 'build 'kernel-headers-are-system-headers
-           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((kernel-headers (assoc-ref inputs "kernel-headers")))
-               ;; Make sure the kernel headers are treated as system headers
-               ;; to suppress a conflict between "util.h" and <linux/fs.h>.
-             (setenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH" (string-append kernel-headers "/include"))
-             #t))))))
+         (delete 'configure))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (inputs