diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
index 588699517baf..d84fa24923df 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # generic builder for Emacs packages
 
-{ lib, stdenv, emacs, texinfo }:
+{ lib, stdenv, emacs, texinfo, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/trivial.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/trivial.nix
index 9a36b44a270d..f1aa078df272 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/trivial.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/trivial.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # trivial builder for Emacs packages
 
-{ lib, texinfo, ... }@envargs:
+{ callPackage, lib, ... }@envargs:
 
 with lib;
 
 args:
 
-import ./generic.nix envargs ({
+callPackage ./generic.nix envargs ({
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild