diff --git a/gnu/packages/cook.scm b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
index fb0f9104ec..16c288cc82 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cook.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
                      ;; This test is therefore just skipped.
                      ;; ("inetutils" ,inetutils)
                      ("ed" ,ed)))
-    (home-page "https://web.archive.org/web/20140727122520/"
-               "http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/software/cook/")
+    (home-page (string-append "https://web.archive.org/web/20140727122520/"
+                              "http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/software/cook/"))
     (synopsis "Tool for constructing files")
     (description "Cook is a tool for constructing files.  It is given a set of
 files to create, and recipes of how to create them.  In any non-trivial program