diff --git a/gnu/packages/toys.scm b/gnu/packages/toys.scm
index 98a1ff0d5f..09426fe6fa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/toys.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/toys.scm
@@ -249,11 +249,7 @@ (define-public xsnow
                 (string-append prefix "bin")))
              #t)))))
     (inputs
-     `(("gtk+" ,gtk+)
-       ("libx11" ,libx11)
-       ("libxpm" ,libxpm)
-       ("libxt" ,libxt)
-       ("libxxml2" ,libxml2)))
+     (list gtk+ libx11 libxpm libxt libxml2))
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
     (home-page "https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/xsnow/index.html")