diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 7b41c06bf6..816e64aedb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -9726,9 +9726,10 @@ (define-public salmon
      `(#:configure-flags
        (list (string-append "-Dlibgff_DIR="
                             (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libgff") "/lib")
+             "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=\"-DHAVE_NUMERIC_LIMITS128=1\""
              "-Dlibgff_FOUND=TRUE"
              "-DTBB_FOUND=TRUE"
-             "-DTBB_VERSION=2020.3"
+             ,(string-append "-DTBB_VERSION=" (package-version tbb-for-salmon))
              "-DTBB_LIBRARIES=tbb -ltbbmalloc"
              "-DFETCHED_PUFFERFISH=TRUE"
              "-DUSE_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE")
@@ -9822,7 +9823,7 @@ (define-public salmon
                         (sha256
                          (base32
                           "0qb4a2nl1d59qasr17sslgxnkjd5kbk5mns4cjshrmsvkrqp995n"))))
-       ("tbb" ,tbb)
+       ("tbb" ,tbb-for-salmon)
        ("libstadenio-for-salmon" ,libstadenio-for-salmon)
        ("xz" ,xz)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)))