diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
index aa30d62c60a9..2337f45c4ad6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ in
 self:
 
   let
-    super = mapAttrs (mkPackage self) manifest;
+    super = removeAttrs (mapAttrs (mkPackage self) manifest) [ "dash" ];
 
     elpaBuild = import ../../../build-support/emacs/melpa.nix {
       inherit fetchurl lib stdenv texinfo;