diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 944250b8b15e..8a4ed7645b1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
   withCairo ? withX,
   withCsrc ? true,
   withDbus ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
-  withGcMarkTrace ? false, # increase gc performance for reduced debugability
+  # https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/emacs-30.2/etc/NEWS#L52-L56
+  withGcMarkTrace ? false,
   withGTK3 ? withPgtk && !noGui,
   withGlibNetworking ? withPgtk || withGTK3 || (withX && withXwidgets),
   withGpm ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,