diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 7682860be5..6418cedcdd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -2969,8 +2969,8 @@ (define-public emacs-slime
                  (substitute* "Makefile"
                    (("infodir=/usr/local/info")
                     (string-append "infodir=" info-dir)))
-                 (system* "make" "html/index.html")
-                 (system* "make" "slime.info")
+                 (invoke "make" "html/index.html")
+                 (invoke "make" "slime.info")
                  (install-file "slime.info" info-dir)
                  (copy-recursively "html" (string-append doc-dir "/html")))
                (for-each (lambda (f)