diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 5ac82e625e81..b132adef4855 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -1270,6 +1270,11 @@ let
         # https://github.com/duelinmarkers/insfactor.el/issues/7
         insfactor = addPackageRequires super.insfactor [ self.cider ];
 
+        iregister = super.iregister.overrideAttrs (old: {
+          recipe = "";
+          files = ''(:defaults (:exclude ".bump-version.el"))'';
+        });
+
         # https://github.com/wandersoncferreira/ivy-clojuredocs/issues/5
         ivy-clojuredocs = addPackageRequires super.ivy-clojuredocs [ self.parseedn ];