diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/site-start.el b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/site-start.el
index b0694a90af0e..4e61777424c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/site-start.el
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/site-start.el
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ least specific (the system profile)"
 
 ;;; Make tramp work for remote NixOS machines
 (defvar tramp-remote-path)
-(eval-after-load 'tramp-sh
+(eval-after-load 'tramp
   ;; TODO: We should also add the other `NIX_PROFILES' to this path.
   ;; However, these are user-specific, so we would need to discover
   ;; them dynamically after connecting via `tramp'