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diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index 10bf7e0c96..66ad9192c1 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -99,14 +99,19 @@
#:key (log-port (current-error-port)))
"Copy ITEM to the store under root directory TARGET and register it."
(mlet* %store-monad ((refs (references* item)))
- (let ((dest (string-append target item)))
+ (let ((dest (string-append target item))
+ (state (string-append target "/var/guix")))
(format log-port "copying '~a'...~%" item)
(copy-recursively item dest
#:log (%make-void-port "w"))
;; Register ITEM; as a side-effect, it resets timestamps, etc.
+ ;; Explicitly use "TARGET/var/guix" as the state directory, to avoid
+ ;; reproducing the user's current settings; see
+ ;; <http://bugs.gnu.org/18049>.
(unless (register-path item
#:prefix target
+ #:state-directory state
#:references refs)
(leave (_ "failed to register '~a' under '~a'~%")
item target))