diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix
index f210907ffeda..57249b72fbb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   markdown-mode,
   melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ melpaBuild {
     markdown-mode
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Somelauw/evil-markdown";
     description = "Integrates Emacs evil and markdown";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/git-undo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/git-undo/default.nix
index 69330664473e..74574c98cb43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/git-undo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/git-undo/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-cVkK9EF6qQyVV3uVqnBEjF8e9nEx/8ixnM8PvxqCyYE=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jwiegley/git-undo-el";
     description = "Revert region to most recent Git-historical version";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/youtube-dl/default.nix
index 68ffac3697b6..d3e5a5cfbbb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-Etl95rcoRACDPjcTPQqYK2L+w8OZbOrTrRT0JadMdH4=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Emacs youtube-dl download manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/skeeto/youtube-dl-emacs";