diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
index 2a97a17dac..9ef92a11f2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2018 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2018, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Julian Graham <joolean@gmail.com>
@@ -1752,6 +1752,8 @@ (define-public guile-chickadee
                (base32
                 "0y3s0p4zyghys48sayfhcbmxmflh8hwawnx5an2jlb3x84yr0dsx"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:make-flags '("GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0")))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("guile-opengl" ,guile-opengl)
        ("guile-sdl2" ,guile-sdl2)))