diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
index 295579c7c085..fce218118a52 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       inherit lib;
       inherit (pkgs)
         fetchFromGitHub
-        fetchzip
+        fetchgit
         ;
     };
 
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       withPgtk = true;
     };
 
-    emacs30-macport = callPackage (self.sources.emacs30-macport) (
-      inheritedArgs
-      // {
-        srcRepo = true;
-      }
-    );
+    emacs30-macport = callPackage (self.sources.emacs30-macport) inheritedArgs;
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 8a39e96f900e..62c411aa1440 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   # Boolean flags
   withNativeCompilation ? stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform,
   noGui ? false,
-  srcRepo ? false,
+  srcRepo ? true,
   withAcl ? false,
   withAlsaLib ? false,
   withAthena ? false,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
index 750a9a44e528..663394e6a5ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchzip,
+  fetchgit,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ let
       src =
         {
           "mainline" = (
-            fetchzip {
-              url = "mirror://gnu/emacs/${rev}.tar.xz";
-              inherit hash;
+            fetchgit {
+              url = "https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git";
+              inherit rev hash;
             }
           );
           "macport" = (