diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
index 85bad220bb9c..1a31e8f9a28d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-{ trivialBuild, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs, lib, }:
-trivialBuild {
+{ fetchFromGitHub, melpaBuild, pkgs, lib, substituteAll, writeText }:
+
+melpaBuild {
   pname = "codeium";
   version = "1.6.13";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -8,14 +9,22 @@ trivialBuild {
     rev = "1.6.13";
     hash = "sha256-CjT21GhryO8/iM0Uzm/s/I32WqVo4M3tSlHC06iEDXA=";
   };
-
+  commit = "02f9382c925633a19dc928e99b868fd5f6947e58";
   buildInputs = [ pkgs.codeium ];
 
-  patches = [ ./codeium.el.patch ];
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace codeium.el --subst-var-by codeium ${pkgs.codeium}/bin/codeium_language_server
+  recipe = writeText "recipe" ''
+    (codeium
+      :repo "Exafunction/codeium.el"
+      :fetcher github)
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./codeium.el.patch;
+      codeium = "${pkgs.codeium}/bin/codeium_language_server";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Free, ultrafast Copilot alternative for Emacs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Exafunction/codeium.el";