diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
index 6eddcc2f9f75..0d44878b480c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
@@ -85,14 +85,11 @@ rec {
     pkg: predicate:
     pkg.overrideAttrs (
       finalAttrs: previousAttrs: {
-        preInstall =
+        nativeBuildInputs =
           if predicate finalAttrs previousAttrs then
-            ''
-              HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-            ''
-            + previousAttrs.preInstall or ""
+            previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or [ ] ++ [ pkgs.writableTmpDirAsHomeHook ]
           else
-            previousAttrs.preInstall or null;
+            previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or null;
       }
     );
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix
index cf1c84b3fd8b..82c84e713205 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lsp-bridge/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   gopls,
   tempel,
   unstableGitUpdater,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ melpaBuild {
     python
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+
   files = ''
     ("*.el"
      "lsp_bridge.py"
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ melpaBuild {
 
     mkfifo test.log
     cat < test.log &
-    HOME=$(mktemp -d) python -m test.test
+    python -m test.test
 
     runHook postCheck
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 6375059ddef7..3e603b1d4b92 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -316,9 +316,7 @@ let
         });
 
         # tries to write a log file to $HOME
-        insert-shebang = super.insert-shebang.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
-          HOME = "/tmp";
-        });
+        insert-shebang = mkHome super.insert-shebang;
 
         ivy-rtags = ignoreCompilationError (fix-rtags super.ivy-rtags); # elisp error
 
@@ -665,9 +663,7 @@ let
         helm-rtags = ignoreCompilationError (fix-rtags super.helm-rtags); # elisp error
 
         # tries to write to $HOME
-        php-auto-yasnippets = super.php-auto-yasnippets.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
-          HOME = "/tmp";
-        });
+        php-auto-yasnippets = mkHome super.php-auto-yasnippets;
 
         racer = super.racer.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
           postPatch = attrs.postPatch or "" + ''