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diff --git a/tests/guix-pack.sh b/tests/guix-pack.sh
index 1b63b957be..d34f72015f 100644
--- a/tests/guix-pack.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-pack.sh
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ guix pack --bootstrap guile-bootstrap
# Build a tarball with a symlink.
the_pack="`guix pack --bootstrap -S /opt/gnu/bin=bin guile-bootstrap`"
-# Try to extract it.
+# Try to extract it. Note: we cannot test whether /opt/gnu/bin/guile itself
+# exists because /opt/gnu/bin may be an absolute symlink to a store item that
+# has been GC'd.
test_directory="`mktemp -d`"
trap 'rm -rf "$test_directory"' EXIT
cd "$test_directory"
tar -xf "$the_pack"
-test -x opt/gnu/bin/guile
+test -L opt/gnu/bin
is_available () {
# Use the "type" shell builtin to see if the program is on PATH.