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diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index ad4492db6c..cf220e72fd 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -569,8 +569,11 @@ use 'plain-file' instead~%")
("DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS" . "0")
;; XXX: Normally we wouldn't need to do this, but our glibc@2.23 package
- ;; looks things up in 'PREFIX/lib/locale' instead of
- ;; '/run/current-system/locale' as was intended.
+ ;; used to look things up in 'PREFIX/lib/locale' instead of
+ ;; '/run/current-system/locale' as was intended. Keep this hack around so
+ ;; that people who still have glibc@2.23-using packages in their profiles
+ ;; can use them correctly.
+ ;; TODO: Remove when glibc@2.23 is long gone.
("GUIX_LOCPATH" . "/run/current-system/locale")))
(define %setuid-programs