diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix
index 8afe2b5dc86d..5fed9635536e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ elpaBuild {
 
   ignoreCompilationError = false;
 
-  meta = mu.meta // {
+  meta = removeAttrs mu.meta [ "mainProgram" ] // {
     description = "Full-featured e-mail client";
   };
 }