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-rw-r--r--guix/packages.scm6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index f4967f98fa..76aa43e7d3 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -477,10 +477,10 @@ specifies modules in scope when evaluating SNIPPET."
 
   (define instantiate-patch
     (match-lambda
-      ((? string? patch)
+      ((? string? patch)                          ;deprecated
        (interned-file patch #:recursive? #t))
-      ((? origin? patch)
-       (origin->derivation patch system))))
+      ((? struct? patch)                          ;origin, local-file, etc.
+       (lower-object patch system))))
 
   (mlet %store-monad ((tar ->     (lookup-input "tar"))
                       (xz ->      (lookup-input "xz"))