diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay.py b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay.py
index 51cbae024b9a..86db48a60b65 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def commit_fileset(
 
     logging.debug(f"Date: {datestring}")
 
-    cmdline_verify = ["git", "diff", "--exit-code", "--quiet", "--", basename]
+    cmdline_verify = ["git", "diff", "--quiet", "--", basename]
     result_verify = subprocess.run(cmdline_verify)
 
     if result_verify.returncode != 0: