diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 98971a9bbc..00edd47710 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -110,13 +110,10 @@ actually installing them.  So that you can distinguish between your
 To that end, all the command-line tools can be used even if you have not
 run @code{make install}.  To do that, prefix each command with
 @command{./pre-inst-env} (the @file{pre-inst-env} script lives in the
-top build tree of Guix), as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to
-@command{sudo} guarantees that @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} is correctly set
-such that @command{guix-daemon} and the tools it uses can find the Guile
-modules they need.}:
+top build tree of Guix), as in:
 
 @example
-$ sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
+$ sudo ./pre-inst-env guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
 $ ./pre-inst-env guix build hello
 @end example