diff --git a/build-aux/guile-rules.am b/build-aux/guile-rules.am
index 2314964..5a103d1 100644
--- a/build-aux/guile-rules.am
+++ b/build-aux/guile-rules.am
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ $(guile_install_go_files): install-nobase_dist_guilemoduleDATA
 GUILE_WARNINGS = -Wunbound-variable -Warity-mismatch -Wformat
 SUFFIXES = .scm .go
 .scm.go:
-	$(AM_V_GEN)$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env \
+	$(AM_V_GEN) GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 \
+	    $(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env \
 	    $(GUILD) compile $(GUILE_WARNINGS) -o "$@" "$<"
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(GUILE_MODULES)