diff --git a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
index 938c93c5e3..f4b651890a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
@@ -1406,6 +1406,9 @@ (define-public jed
                 "0qspdc6wss43wh1a8fddvf62xyhld5p7hl75grv4d95h5z73k8wp"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet #~(begin
+                           ;; Delete Windows binaries.
+                           (delete-file-recursively "bin/w32")
+
                            (substitute* "src/Makefile.in"
                              (("/bin/cp")
                               "cp"))