diff --git a/pkgs/development/scheme-modules/scheme-bytestructures/default.nix b/pkgs/development/scheme-modules/scheme-bytestructures/default.nix
index 602b0d86f44b..1cbbdf0bf29d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/scheme-modules/scheme-bytestructures/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/scheme-modules/scheme-bytestructures/default.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-Wvs288K8BVjUuWvvzpDGBwOxL7mAXjVtgIwJAsQd0L4=";
   };
 
-  postConfigure = ''
-    sed -i '/moddir\s*=/s%=.*%=''${out}/share/guile/site%' Makefile;
-    sed -i '/godir\s*=/s%=.*%=''${out}/share/guile/ccache%' Makefile;
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook pkg-config
   ];
@@ -29,6 +24,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     guile
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  makeFlags = [ "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Structured access to bytevector contents";
     homepage = "https://github.com/TaylanUB/scheme-bytestructures";