diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ej/ejabberd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ej/ejabberd/package.nix
index 2ca3efb02ebd..1ea6e18fb3b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ej/ejabberd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ej/ejabberd/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   libpng,
   libjpeg,
   libwebp,
-  erlang,
   openssl,
   expat,
   libyaml,
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ erlang ]
+    [ beamPackages.erlang ]
     ++ builtins.attrValues beamDeps
     ++ lib.optional withMysql allBeamDeps.p1_mysql
     ++ lib.optional withPgsql allBeamDeps.p1_pgsql
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 70ef2c82c1c6..e00b572d113d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18522,10 +18522,6 @@ with pkgs;
     libsoup = libsoup_3;
   };
 
-  ejabberd = callPackage ../by-name/ej/ejabberd/package.nix {
-    erlang = erlang_26;
-  };
-
   wings = callPackage ../by-name/wi/wings/package.nix {
     erlang = erlang_25;
   };