diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 122a02f18abd..dbbbe8df53b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -977,14 +977,19 @@ let
 
         cssh = ignoreCompilationError super.cssh; # elisp error
 
-        dap-mode = super.dap-mode.overrideAttrs (old: {
-          # empty file causing native-compiler-error-empty-byte
-          preBuild =
-            ''
-              rm --verbose dapui.el
-            ''
-            + old.preBuild or "";
-        });
+        dap-mode = super.dap-mode.overrideAttrs (
+          finalAttrs: previousAttrs: {
+            # empty file causing native-compiler-error-empty-byte
+            preBuild =
+              if lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "20250131.1624" then
+                ''
+                  rm --verbose dapui.el
+                ''
+                + previousAttrs.preBuild or ""
+              else
+                previousAttrs.preBuild or null;
+          }
+        );
 
         db-pg = ignoreCompilationError super.db-pg; # elisp error