diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
index 91a20bd3647e..e0cab0021f1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
@@ -32,12 +32,17 @@ rec {
 
   externalSrc =
     pkg: epkg:
-    pkg.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
+    pkg.overrideAttrs {
       inherit (epkg) src version;
-      propagatedUserEnvPkgs = previousAttrs.propagatedUserEnvPkgs or [ ] ++ [ epkg ];
-    });
+    };
 
-  fix-rtags = pkg: dontConfigure (externalSrc pkg pkgs.rtags);
+  fix-rtags =
+    pkg:
+    dontConfigure (
+      (externalSrc pkg pkgs.rtags).overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
+        propagatedUserEnvPkgs = previousAttrs.propagatedUserEnvPkgs or [ ] ++ [ pkgs.rtags ];
+      })
+    );
 
   fixRequireHelmCore =
     pkg:
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index bb3d01ab8b5e..a51a2827c775 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ let
           # Build same version as Haskell package
           hindent = (externalSrc super.hindent pkgs.haskellPackages.hindent).overrideAttrs (attrs: {
             packageRequires = [ self.haskell-mode ];
+            propagatedUserEnvPkgs = attrs.propagatedUserEnvPkgs or [ ] ++ [
+              pkgs.haskellPackages.hindent
+            ];
           });
 
           hotfuzz = super.hotfuzz.overrideAttrs (old: {
@@ -520,7 +523,7 @@ let
             '';
           });
 
-          rtags = ignoreCompilationError (dontConfigure (externalSrc super.rtags pkgs.rtags)); # elisp error
+          rtags = ignoreCompilationError (fix-rtags super.rtags); # elisp error
 
           rtags-xref = dontConfigure super.rtags;