diff --git a/hyphenate/hyphenate/private/bootstrap.rkt b/hyphenate/hyphenate/private/bootstrap.rkt
index 610ca6d6..846e2b99 100644
--- a/hyphenate/hyphenate/private/bootstrap.rkt
+++ b/hyphenate/hyphenate/private/bootstrap.rkt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
      (λ (kws kw-args . rest)
        (keyword-apply core:hyphenate kws kw-args word-cache pattern-cache rest)))))
 
-(define unhyphenate
+(define (make-unhyphenate-function)
   (make-keyword-procedure
    (λ (kws kw-args . rest)
      (keyword-apply core:unhyphenate kws kw-args rest))))
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
            (define+provide+safe hyphenate
              hyphenate/c
              (make-hyphenate-function PATTERNS-ID EXCEPTIONS-ID))
-           (provide+safe [unhyphenate unhyphenate/c])))]))
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+           (define+provide+safe unhyphenate
+             unhyphenate/c
+             (make-unhyphenate-function))))]))
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