diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
index 5dabe0436c80..5254c07223ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
@@ -31,14 +31,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = pinData.webSrcHash;
   };
 
-  # Remove the matrix-analytics-events dependency from the matrix-react-sdk
-  # dependencies list. It doesn't seem to be necessary since we already are
-  # installing it individually, and it causes issues with the offline mode.
-  yarnLock = (runCommand "${pname}-modified-lock" {} ''
-    sed '/matrix-analytics-events "github/d' ${src}/yarn.lock > "$out"
-  '');
   offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
-    inherit yarnLock;
+    yarnLock = src + "/yarn.lock";
     sha256 = pinData.webYarnHash;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/update.sh
index edeabe07afa6..976b6cb0ba8f 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/update.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ trap 'rm -rf "$web_tmpdir"' EXIT
 
 pushd $web_tmpdir
 wget "$web_src/yarn.lock"
-sed -i '/matrix-analytics-events "github/d' yarn.lock
 web_yarn_hash=$(prefetch-yarn-deps yarn.lock)
 popd