diff --git a/guix/scripts/import/elpa.scm b/guix/scripts/import/elpa.scm
index 9034eb74e734f8f87be35cf2b316e5eb14d05a71..c72aaf0760c3e3d99574ac237f6639b0f9c0d07a 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/import/elpa.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/import/elpa.scm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ (define-module (guix scripts import elpa)
 ;;;
 
 (define %default-options
-  '((repo . 'gnu)))
+  '((repo . gnu)))
 
 (define (show-help)
   (display (_ "Usage: guix import elpa PACKAGE-NAME