diff --git a/module/language/scheme/translate.scm b/module/language/scheme/translate.scm
index 87f4435bb..618544a45 100644
--- a/module/language/scheme/translate.scm
+++ b/module/language/scheme/translate.scm
@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@
 
      ((and (macro? val) (eq? (macro-name val) 'sc-macro))
       ;; syncase!
-      (let ((syncase (module-ref (resolve-interface '(ice-9 syncase)) 'syncase)))
+      (let* ((the-syncase-module (resolve-module '(ice-9 syncase)))
+             (eec (module-ref the-syncase-module 'expansion-eval-closure))
+             (sc-expand3 (module-ref the-syncase-module 'sc-expand3)))
         (lambda (env loc exp)
-          (retrans (syncase exp)))))
+          (retrans
+           (with-fluids ((eec (module-eval-closure (current-module))))
+             (sc-expand3 exp 'c '(compile load eval)))))))
 
      ((macro? val)
       (syntax-error #f "unknown kind of macro" head))
diff --git a/module/system/base/compile.scm b/module/system/base/compile.scm
index 803dfc31d..537d81ed1 100644
--- a/module/system/base/compile.scm
+++ b/module/system/base/compile.scm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   :use-module (system il compile)
   :use-module (system il glil)
   :use-module ((system vm core)
-	       :select (the-vm vm-load objcode->u8vector))
+	       :select (the-vm vm-load objcode->u8vector load-objcode))
   :use-module (system vm assemble)
   :use-module (ice-9 regex)
   :export (syntax-error compile-file load-source-file load-file