diff --git a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
index c16ab93242..94993f0d08 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Joshua Grant <tadni@riseup.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages fonts)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages base)
-                #:select (tar))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)