diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
index 869c5549bfa6..bf8df730a777 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-pkgs: with pkgs;
+{ lib }:
 
 let
 
-  inherit (stdenv.lib) makeScope mapAttrs;
+  inherit (lib) makeScope mapAttrs;
 
   json = builtins.readFile ./melpa-stable-packages.json;
   manifest = builtins.fromJSON json;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 74d3caabd6f1..e748f0b2fb02 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11652,8 +11652,9 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl lib stdenv texinfo;
   };
 
-  melpaStablePackages =
-    import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix pkgs;
+  melpaStablePackages = import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix {
+    inherit lib;
+  };
 
   melpaPackages = import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix {
     inherit lib;