diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 5c8e9aead522..46d750728f1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -963,7 +963,8 @@ let
           })
         );
 
-        consult-gh-forge = buildWithGit super.consult-gh-forge;
+        # needs network during compilation
+        consult-gh-forge = ignoreCompilationError (buildWithGit super.consult-gh-forge);
 
         counsel-gtags = ignoreCompilationError super.counsel-gtags; # elisp error