diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index 4b4abfc6f3002..070353389687e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ in
     inherit (pkgs) basedpyright git go gopls python3;
   };
 
-  lspce = callPackage ./manual-packages/lspce { };
+  lspce = callPackage ./manual-packages/lspce {
+    lspce-module = callPackage ./manual-packages/lspce/module.nix { };
+  };
 
   matrix-client = callPackage ./manual-packages/matrix-client {
     _map = self.map;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/default.nix
index 78325d90bf78d..bd051d522a115 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 {
   lib,
-  callPackage,
   f,
   markdown-mode,
   melpaBuild,
   nix-update-script,
   yasnippet,
+  # put lspce-module here so that users can override it
+  lspce-module,
 }:
 
-let
-  lspce-module = callPackage ./module.nix { };
-in
 melpaBuild {
   pname = "lspce";
   inherit (lspce-module) version src meta;