diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index d984ebe1eb..035551e454 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -1143,8 +1143,8 @@ to the @code{share/locale} sub-directory of this package.")
                                ;; tests---e.g., in Guile's i18n tests.
                                '("de_DE" "el_GR" "en_US" "fr_FR" "tr_TR"))
                      #t))))
-    (inputs `(("glibc" ,glibc)
-              ("gzip" ,gzip)))
+    (native-inputs `(("glibc" ,glibc)
+                     ("gzip" ,gzip)))
     (synopsis "Small sample of UTF-8 locales")
     (description
      "This package provides a small sample of UTF-8 locales mostly useful in
diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index 4a41e2abf3..f00cfa7bd8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -882,11 +882,12 @@ exec ~a/bin/~a-~a -B~a/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker -Wl,~a/~a \"$@\"~%"
   ;; function.)
   (package
     (inherit glibc-utf8-locales)
-    (inputs `(("glibc" ,glibc-final)
-              ("gzip"
-               ,(package-with-explicit-inputs gzip %boot4-inputs
-                                              (current-source-location)
-                                              #:guile %bootstrap-guile))))))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("glibc" ,glibc-final)
+       ("gzip"
+        ,(package-with-explicit-inputs gzip %boot4-inputs
+                                       (current-source-location)
+                                       #:guile %bootstrap-guile))))))
 
 (define-public ld-wrapper
   ;; The final 'ld' wrapper, which uses the final Guile and Binutils.