diff --git a/module/system/il/ghil.scm b/module/system/il/ghil.scm
index 24368f4e4..50db309dc 100644
--- a/module/system/il/ghil.scm
+++ b/module/system/il/ghil.scm
@@ -430,13 +430,13 @@
     ((<ghil-void> env loc)
      '(void))
     ((<ghil-quote> env loc obj)
-     `(quote ,obj))
+     `(,'quote ,obj))
     ((<ghil-quasiquote> env loc exp)
-     `(quasiquote ,(map unparse-ghil exp)))
+     `(,'quasiquote ,(map unparse-ghil exp)))
     ((<ghil-unquote> env loc exp)
-     `(unquote ,(unparse-ghil exp)))
+     `(,'unquote ,(unparse-ghil exp)))
     ((<ghil-unquote-splicing> env loc exp)
-     `(unquote-splicing ,(unparse-ghil exp)))
+     `(,'unquote-splicing ,(unparse-ghil exp)))
   ;; Variables
     ((<ghil-ref> env loc var)
      (ghil-var-name var))