diff --git a/guile.m4 b/guile.m4
index 10ff57ea3..1dda8f5f3 100644
--- a/guile.m4
+++ b/guile.m4
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_INIT_GUILE_MODULE],[
 . $srcdir/../GUILE-VERSION
 ## Beginning of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro
 AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_INSTALL])
-PACKAGE=[$1]
+## PACKAGE=[$1]
+PACKAGE=$PACKAGE
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE)
 ## AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE, "$PACKAGE")
-VERSION=[$2]
+## VERSION=[$2]
+VERSION=$VERSION
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION, "$VERSION")
 AM_SANITY_CHECK