diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a5286cf23d32..73aafb27e754 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3422,7 +3422,9 @@ in
 
   choose = callPackage ../tools/text/choose { };
 
-  emscripten = callPackage ../development/compilers/emscripten { };
+  emscripten = callPackage ../development/compilers/emscripten {
+    jre = jre8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
+  };
 
   emscriptenPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./emscripten-packages.nix { });