diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
index 9a3b3898d8..4e9ebfb034 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 
 (define-module (gnu packages sdl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
-  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:hide (freetype))
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages fontutils) #:prefix font:)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages guile)
   #:use-module (gnu packages image)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ SDL.")
                "1dydxd4f5kb1288i5n5568kdk2q7f8mqjr7i7sd33nplxjaxhk3j"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs `(("sdl" ,sdl)))
-    (inputs `(("freetype" ,font:freetype)
+    (inputs `(("freetype" ,freetype)
               ("mesa" ,mesa)))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (synopsis "SDL TrueType font library")