diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
index d22e6495c1d2..9f1b2308cc43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ libBuildHelper.extendMkDerivation' stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs:
       | xargs --verbose -0 -I {} -n 1 -P $NIX_BUILD_CORES sh -c \
           "emacs \
              --batch \
+             --eval '(setq native-comp-eln-load-path (cdr native-comp-eln-load-path))' \
              --eval '(setq large-file-warning-threshold nil)' \
              --eval '(setq byte-compile-error-on-warn ${if finalAttrs.turnCompilationWarningToError then "t" else "nil"})' \
              -f batch-native-compile {} \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
index 74d185641e3d..fb1f412299f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/lib-override-helper.nix
@@ -25,4 +25,14 @@ rec {
         broken = true;
       };
     });
+
+  mkHome =
+    pkg:
+    pkg.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
+      preInstall =
+        ''
+          HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+        ''
+        + previousAttrs.preInstall or "";
+    });
 }