diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix
index 22f8ae64d9c0..58c542a57f4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/evil-markdown/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , trivialBuild
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , emacs
-, emacsPackages
 }:
 
 trivialBuild rec {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ trivialBuild rec {
     emacs
   ] ++ propagatedUserEnvPkgs;
 
-  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = with emacsPackages; [
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = with emacs.pkgs; [
     evil
     markdown-mode
   ];