diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 97c53eeaf3..dcb7278f0f 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
-;;; Copyright © 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -42,9 +41,9 @@ (define-module (gnu services base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages admin)
   #:use-module ((gnu packages linux)
                 #:select (alsa-utils crda eudev e2fsprogs fuse gpm kbd lvm2 rng-tools))
-  #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module ((gnu packages base)
-                #:select (canonical-package coreutils glibc glibc-utf8-locales))
+                #:select (canonical-package glibc glibc-utf8-locales))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
   #:use-module ((gnu packages gnupg) #:select (guile-gcrypt))
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
@@ -2426,8 +2425,6 @@ (define %base-services
 
         (service special-files-service-type
                  `(("/bin/sh" ,(file-append (canonical-package bash)
-                                            "/bin/sh"))
-                   ("/usr/bin/env" ,(file-append (canonical-package coreutils)
-                                                 "/usr/bin/env"))))))
+                                            "/bin/sh"))))))
 
 ;;; base.scm ends here