diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index 1b7950cf00..abbe4553c2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ (define-public faust-2
     (native-inputs
      `(("llvm" ,llvm-with-rtti)
        ("which" ,which)
-       ("xxd" ,vim)
+       ("xxd" ,xxd)
        ("ctags" ,emacs-minimal)  ; for ctags
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (inputs
diff --git a/gnu/packages/avr.scm b/gnu/packages/avr.scm
index aaa0428041..ecb7cd19a8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/avr.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/avr.scm
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ (define-public microscheme
        (list (string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("unzip" ,unzip)
-       ("vim" ,vim))) ; for xxd
+       ("xxd" ,xxd)))
     (home-page "http://microscheme.org/")
     (synopsis "Scheme subset for Atmel microcontrollers")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 33b58f44bc..764cf8c939 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -5408,7 +5408,7 @@ (define-public star
              #t))
          (delete 'configure))))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("vim" ,vim))) ; for xxd
+     `(("xxd" ,xxd)))
     (inputs
      `(("htslib" ,htslib)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/disk.scm b/gnu/packages/disk.scm
index 463dd3e768..d19f8e873e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/disk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/disk.scm
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ (define-public dosfstools
      `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "PREFIX=" %output)
                           "CC=gcc")))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("xxd" ,vim))) ; for tests
+     `(("xxd" ,xxd))) ; for tests
     (home-page "https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools")
     (synopsis "Utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT file systems")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index 9f7792dff7..197a7a0142 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ (define-public diffoscope
               ("python-libarchive-c" ,python-libarchive-c)
               ("python-tlsh" ,python-tlsh)
               ("colordiff" ,colordiff)
-              ("xxd" ,vim)
+              ("xxd" ,xxd)
 
               ;; Below are modules used for tests.
               ("python-pytest" ,python-pytest)