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diff --git a/guix/scripts/pull.scm b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
index 54bbaddf30..4b03cea2e3 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/pull.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
@@ -293,8 +293,15 @@ true, display what would be built without actually building it."
;; In 0.15.0+ we'd create ~/.config/guix/current-[0-9]*-link symlinks. Move
;; them to %PROFILE-DIRECTORY.
- (unless (string=? %profile-directory
- (dirname (canonicalize-profile %user-profile-directory)))
+ ;;
+ ;; XXX: Ubuntu's 'sudo' preserves $HOME by default, and thus the second
+ ;; condition below is always false when one runs "sudo guix pull". As a
+ ;; workaround, skip this code when $SUDO_USER is set. See
+ ;; <https://bugs.gnu.org/36785>.
+ (unless (or (getenv "SUDO_USER")
+ (string=? %profile-directory
+ (dirname
+ (canonicalize-profile %user-profile-directory))))
(migrate-generations %user-profile-directory %profile-directory))
;; Make sure ~/.config/guix/current points to /var/guix/profiles/….