diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
index b3da1a43d6d2..41b7db0a5dcc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   torchvision,
   av,
   sentencepiece,
+  hf-xet,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
         optax
       ];
       hf_xet = [
-        # hf-xet (unpackaged)
+        hf-xet
       ];
       tokenizers = [ tokenizers ];
       ftfy = [ ftfy ];