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diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index cacd089d6b..27d8ecdefc 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
(zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
"--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
"-cvf" #$output
- ;; Avoid adding /, /var, or /root to the tarball,
+ ;; Avoid adding / and /var to the tarball,
;; so that the ownership and permissions of those
;; directories will not be overwritten when
- ;; extracting the archive.
- "./root/.guix-profile"
+ ;; extracting the archive. Do not include /root
+ ;; because the root account might have a different
+ ;; home directory.
"./var/guix"
(string-append "." (%store-directory)))))))