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diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index d2be0cf8fb..9ba9428a08 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ When INSTALL-BOOTLOADER? is true, install bootloader using BOOTCFG."
the ownership of '~a' may be incorrect!~%")
target))
+ ;; If a previous installation was attempted, make sure we start anew; in
+ ;; particular, we don't want to keep a store database that might not
+ ;; correspond to what we're actually putting in the store.
+ (let ((state (string-append target "/var/guix")))
+ (when (file-exists? state)
+ (delete-file-recursively state)))
+
(chmod target #o755)
(let ((os-dir (derivation->output-path os-drv))
(format (lift format %store-monad))