diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index bb3d01ab8b5e..fba5ecc72f8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ let
             '';
           });
 
-          rtags = ignoreCompilationError (dontConfigure (externalSrc super.rtags pkgs.rtags)); # elisp error
+          rtags = ignoreCompilationError (fix-rtags super.rtags); # elisp error
 
           rtags-xref = dontConfigure super.rtags;