diff --git a/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el b/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el
index b4315c1a2e..05fc9709b6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el
+++ b/gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ The files in the list do not have extensions (.el, .elc)."
   ;; FIXME: The autoloads generated by the emacs-build-system are not byte
   ;; compiled.
   (interactive)
-  (let* ((emacs-load-path (getenv "EMACSLOADPATH"))
-         (emacs-non-core-load-path-directories
+  (let* ((emacs-non-core-load-path-directories
           ;; Filter out core Elisp directories, which are already autoloaded
           ;; by Emacs.
           (seq-filter (lambda (dir)
                         (string-match-p "/share/emacs/site-lisp" dir))
-                      (split-string emacs-load-path ":")))
+                      load-path))
          (autoloads (mapcan #'guix-emacs-find-autoloads
                             emacs-non-core-load-path-directories)))
     (mapc (lambda (f)