diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix
index 7ca54365be5..156def09187 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Guile-Lint checks syntax and semantics in a Guile program or module";
     homepage = http://user42.tuxfamily.org/guile-lint/index.html;
     license = "GPL";
-    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5b41d7845ed..d46681b05a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7187,7 +7187,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gtkdialog = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gtkdialog { };
 
-  guile-lint = callPackage ../development/tools/guile/guile-lint { };
+  guile-lint = callPackage ../development/tools/guile/guile-lint {
+    guile = guile_1_8;
+  };
 
   gwrap = callPackage ../development/tools/guile/g-wrap { };