diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 1a829737a5..7121fb6215 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@
               ;; match ".gvfs-fuse-daemon-real" and ".gvfsd-fuse-real"
               ;; respectively when looking for GVFS processes.
               (substitute* "lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el"
-                (("\\(tramp-compat-process-running-p \"(.*)\"\\)" all process)
-                 (format #f "(or ~a (tramp-compat-process-running-p ~s))"
+                (("\\(tramp-process-running-p \"(.*)\"\\)" all process)
+                 (format #f "(or ~a (tramp-process-running-p ~s))"
                          all (string-append "." process "-real"))))))
           (add-before 'configure 'fix-/bin/pwd
             (lambda _