diff --git a/lib/meta-7.scm b/lib/meta-7.scm
index 2f6dea68..4c6c4f2b 100644
--- a/lib/meta-7.scm
+++ b/lib/meta-7.scm
@@ -358,17 +358,13 @@
 (define r6rs-library-transformer
   (er-macro-transformer
    (lambda (expr rename compare)
-     (define (symbolic-id=? id_1 id_2)
-       (eq? (strip-syntactic-closures id_1)
-            (strip-syntactic-closures id_2)))
      (define (clean-up-r6rs-library-name name)
        (define (srfi-number->exact-integer component)
          (if (symbol? component)
-             (let* ((symbol-name (symbol->string component))
-                    (maybe-number-as-string (substring symbol-name 1)))
+             (let* ((symbol-name (symbol->string component)))
                (if (and (char=? (string-ref symbol-name 0) #\:)
                         (every char-numeric?
-                               (string->list maybe-number-as-string)))
+                               (cdr (string->list symbol-name))))
                    (string->number maybe-number-as-string)
                    #f))
              #f))
@@ -382,41 +378,34 @@
                name)))
      (define (clean-up-r6rs-import import-spec)
        (cond ((identifier? import-spec) import-spec)
-             ((member (car import-spec)
-                      '(only except prefix rename)
-                      symbolic-id=?)
+             ((memq (car import-spec)
+                    '(only except prefix rename))
               (cons (car import-spec)
                     (cons (clean-up-r6rs-library-name (cadr import-spec))
                           (cddr import-spec))))
-             ((member (car import-spec)
-                      '(library for)
-                      symbolic-id=?)
+             ((memq (car import-spec)
+                    '(library for))
               (clean-up-r6rs-library-name (cadr import-spec)))
              (else (clean-up-r6rs-library-name import-spec))))
 
-     (if (not (symbolic-id=? (car expr) 'library))
-       (error "r6rs-library-transformer: I expect to process declarations called library, but this was a new one to me" (car expr) 'library))
+     (if (not (eq? (car expr) 'library))
+       (error "r6rs-library-transformer: I expect to process declarations called library, but this was a new one to me" (car expr)))
      (if (not (and (list? expr)
                    (>= (length expr) 3)
                    (list? (list-ref expr 1))
                    (list? (list-ref expr 2))
-                   (symbolic-id=? (car (list-ref expr 2)) 'export)
+                   (eq? (car (list-ref expr 2)) 'export)
                    (list? (list-ref expr 3))
-                   (symbolic-id=? (car (list-ref expr 3)) 'import)))
+                   (eq? (car (list-ref expr 3)) 'import)))
        (error "r6rs-library-transformer: the form of a library declaration is (library <name> (export <export-spec> ...) (import <import-spec> ...) <defexpr> ...)" expr))
      (let ((library-name (clean-up-r6rs-library-name (list-ref expr 1)))
            (exports (cdr (list-ref expr 2)))
            (imports (map clean-up-r6rs-import (cdr (list-ref expr 3))))
-           (body (cddr (cddr expr)))
-
-           (_define-library (rename 'define-library))
-           (_export (rename 'export))
-           (_import (rename 'import))
-           (_begin (rename 'begin)))
-       `(,_define-library ,library-name
-          (,_export ,@exports)
-          (,_import ,@imports)
-          (,_begin ,@body))))))
+           (body (cddr (cddr expr))))
+       `(define-library ,library-name
+          (export ,@exports)
+          (import ,@imports)
+          (begin ,@body))))))
 
 (define-syntax library r6rs-library-transformer)