diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index 2e5b64ac383ac..cadc9c535976c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ let
 
       # Language packages disabled in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/ccd1029f58a3bb9eca32d81bf3f33cb4be25cc66
 
-      #emacsPackages = packagePlatforms pkgs.emacsPackages;
+      emacsPackages = packagePlatforms pkgs.emacs.pkgs;
       #rPackages = packagePlatforms pkgs.rPackages;
       ocamlPackages = { };
       perlPackages = { };