diff --git a/emacs/guix-backend.el b/emacs/guix-backend.el
index 3fafae4c24..7db1daacf0 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-backend.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-backend.el
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@
 (require 'guix-config)
 (require 'guix-emacs)
 
-(defvar guix-load-path
-  (file-name-directory (or load-file-name
-                           (locate-library "guix")))
+(defvar guix-load-path guix-emacs-interface-directory
   "Directory with scheme files for \"guix.el\" package.")
 
 (defvar guix-helper-file
diff --git a/emacs/guix-init.el b/emacs/guix-init.el
index 6ea6fcd0b0..3a727c7eb6 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-init.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-init.el
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-(require 'guix-config)
 (require 'guix-autoloads)
 
-(defvar guix-load-path guix-emacs-interface-directory
-  "Directory with scheme files for \"guix.el\" package.")
-
 (defcustom guix-package-enable-at-startup t
   "If non-nil, activate Emacs packages installed in a user profile.
 Set this variable to nil before requiring `guix-init' file to