diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index ad567de62700..adf11fda2925 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -5144,6 +5144,12 @@ assertNoAdditions {
     };
   });
 
+  vim-emoji = super.vim-emoji.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    meta = old.meta // {
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    };
+  });
+
   vim-endwise = super.vim-endwise.overrideAttrs (old: {
     meta = old.meta // {
       license = lib.licenses.vim;