diff --git a/meta/guile.m4 b/meta/guile.m4
index c7344937f..1e30d508a 100644
--- a/meta/guile.m4
+++ b/meta/guile.m4
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([GUILE_FLAGS],
 AC_DEFUN([GUILE_SITE_DIR],
  [AC_REQUIRE([GUILE_PROGS])dnl
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Guile site directory)
-  GUILE_SITE=`[$GUILE_CONFIG] info sitedir`/site
+  GUILE_SITE=`[$GUILE_CONFIG] info sitedir`
   AC_MSG_RESULT($GUILE_SITE)
   AC_SUBST(GUILE_SITE)
  ])