diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3c9fda23a30e..8d185f61369a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11688,7 +11688,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  emacs24PackagesNg = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackagesNgGen emacs24);
+  emacs24PackagesNg = emacsPackagesNgGen emacs24;
 
   emacs24WithPackages = emacs24PackagesNg.emacsWithPackages;
   emacsWithPackages = emacsPackagesNg.emacsWithPackages;