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diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index c2599746d8..83b01808cd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages file)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
@@ -648,18 +649,7 @@ system administrator.")
                       "")
                      (("^install: (.*)install-sudoers(.*)" _ before after)
                       ;; Don't try to create /etc/sudoers.
-                      (string-append "install: " before after "\n")))
-
-                   ;; XXX FIXME sudo 1.8.10p3 was bootstrapped with a
-                   ;; prerelease libtool, which fails on MIPS in the absence
-                   ;; of /usr/bin/file.  As a temporary workaround, we patch
-                   ;; the configure script to hardcode use of the little
-                   ;; endian N32 ABI on MIPS.
-                   ,@(if (equal? "mips64el-linux" (or (%current-target-system)
-                                                      (%current-system)))
-                         '((substitute* "configure"
-                             (("\\$emul") "elf32ltsmipn32")))
-                         '()))
+                      (string-append "install: " before after "\n"))))
                  %standard-phases)
 
        ;; XXX: The 'testsudoers' test series expects user 'root' to exist, but
@@ -669,6 +659,12 @@ system administrator.")
      `(("groff" ,groff)
        ("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
        ("coreutils" ,coreutils)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(;; 'file' is needed by the pre-release libtool on MIPS.
+       ,@(if (equal? "mips64el-linux" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                          (%current-system)))
+             `(("file" ,file))
+             '())))
     (home-page "http://www.sudo.ws/")
     (synopsis "Run commands as root")
     (description