diff --git a/steps-guix/guile-2.2.4/patches/remove-fixnums-range-guards.patch b/steps-guix/guile-2.2.4/patches/remove-fixnums-range-guards.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6999210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/guile-2.2.4/patches/remove-fixnums-range-guards.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+--- guile-2.2.4/module/rnrs/arithmetic/fixnums.scm
++++ guile-2.2.4/module/rnrs/arithmetic/fixnums.scm
+@@ -242,50 +242,34 @@
+ 
+   (define (fxcopy-bit fx1 fx2 fx3) 
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2 fx3) 
+-    (unless (and (<= 0 fx2) (< fx2 (fixnum-width)))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (bitwise-copy-bit fx1 fx2 fx3))
+ 
+   (define (fxbit-field fx1 fx2 fx3)
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2 fx3)
+-    (unless (and (<= 0 fx2 fx3) (< fx3 (fixnum-width)))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (bitwise-bit-field fx1 fx2 fx3))
+ 
+   (define (fxcopy-bit-field fx1 fx2 fx3 fx4)
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2 fx3 fx4)
+-    (unless (and (<= 0 fx2 fx3) (< fx3 (fixnum-width)))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (bitwise-copy-bit-field fx1 fx2 fx3 fx4))
+ 
+   (define (fxarithmetic-shift fx1 fx2)
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2)
+-    (unless (< (abs fx2) (fixnum-width))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (ash fx1 fx2))
+ 
+   (define (fxarithmetic-shift-left fx1 fx2)
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2)
+-    (unless (and (<= 0 fx2) (< fx2 (fixnum-width)))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (ash fx1 fx2))
+ 
+   (define (fxarithmetic-shift-right fx1 fx2)
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2)
+-    (unless (and (<= 0 fx2) (< fx2 (fixnum-width)))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (ash fx1 (- fx2)))
+ 
+   (define (fxrotate-bit-field fx1 fx2 fx3 fx4)
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2 fx3 fx4)
+-    (unless (and (<= 0 fx2 fx3) (< fx3 (fixnum-width)) (< fx4 (- fx3 fx2)))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (bitwise-rotate-bit-field fx1 fx2 fx3 fx4))
+   
+   (define (fxreverse-bit-field fx1 fx2 fx3)
+     (assert-fixnum fx1 fx2 fx3)
+-    (unless (and (<= 0 fx2 fx3) (< fx3 (fixnum-width)))
+-      (raise (make-assertion-violation)))
+     (bitwise-reverse-bit-field fx1 fx2 fx3))
+ 
+ )