diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-common-overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-common-overrides.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fc6d0bf4717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-common-overrides.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+pkgs:
+
+self: super:
+
+let
+  libExt = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
+in
+{
+  # TODO delete this when we get upstream fix https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=73241
+  eglot = super.eglot.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    postInstall =
+      old.postInstall or ""
+      + ''
+        local info_file=eglot.info
+        pushd $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/eglot-*
+        # specify output info file to override the one defined in eglot.texi
+        makeinfo --output=$info_file eglot.texi
+        install-info $info_file dir
+        popd
+      '';
+  });
+
+  # native compilation for tests/seq-tests.el never ends
+  # delete tests/seq-tests.el to workaround this
+  seq = super.seq.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    dontUnpack = false;
+    postUnpack =
+      old.postUnpack or ""
+      + "\n"
+      + ''
+        local content_directory=$(echo seq-*)
+        rm --verbose $content_directory/tests/seq-tests.el
+        src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
+        tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
+      '';
+  });
+
+  xeft = super.xeft.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    dontUnpack = false;
+    buildInputs = old.buildInputs or [ ] ++ [ pkgs.xapian ];
+    buildPhase =
+      old.buildPhase or ""
+      + ''
+        $CXX -shared -o xapian-lite${libExt} xapian-lite.cc $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -lxapian
+      '';
+    postInstall =
+      old.postInstall or ""
+      + "\n"
+      + ''
+        outd=$out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/xeft-*
+        install -m444 -t $outd xapian-lite${libExt}
+        rm $outd/xapian-lite.cc $outd/emacs-module.h $outd/emacs-module-prelude.h $outd/demo.gif $outd/Makefile
+      '';
+  });
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
index bd927e1fb919..1d04c8f361e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
@@ -47,52 +47,16 @@ self: let
 
     super = imported;
 
-    overrides = {
-      eglot = super.eglot.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        postInstall = (old.postInstall or "") + ''
-          local info_file=eglot.info
-          pushd $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/eglot-*
-          # specify output info file to override the one defined in eglot.texi
-          makeinfo --output=$info_file eglot.texi
-          install-info $info_file dir
-          popd
-        '';
-      });
+    commonOverrides = import ./elpa-common-overrides.nix pkgs;
 
+    overrides = self: super: {
       pq = super.pq.overrideAttrs (old: {
         buildInputs = (old.buildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pkgs.postgresql ];
       });
-
-      xeft = super.xeft.overrideAttrs (old: let
-        libExt = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
-      in {
-        dontUnpack = false;
-
-        buildInputs = (old.buildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pkgs.xapian ];
-        buildPhase = (old.buildPhase or "") + ''
-          $CXX -shared -o xapian-lite${libExt} xapian-lite.cc $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -lxapian
-        '';
-        postInstall = (old.postInstall or "") + "\n" + ''
-          outd=$out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/xeft-*
-          install -m444 -t $outd xapian-lite${libExt}
-          rm $outd/xapian-lite.cc $outd/emacs-module.h $outd/emacs-module-prelude.h $outd/demo.gif $outd/Makefile
-        '';
-      });
-
-      # native compilation for tests/seq-tests.el never ends
-      # delete tests/seq-tests.el to workaround this
-      seq = super.seq.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        dontUnpack = false;
-        postUnpack = (old.postUnpack or "") + "\n" + ''
-          local content_directory=$(echo seq-*)
-          rm --verbose $content_directory/tests/seq-tests.el
-          src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
-          tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
-        '';
-      });
     };
 
-    elpaDevelPackages = super // overrides;
+    elpaDevelPackages =
+      let super' = super // (commonOverrides self super); in super' // (overrides self super');
 
   in elpaDevelPackages);
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
index 2d1122e270fd..dc412e9b246d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ self: let
 
     super = imported;
 
-    overrides = {
+    commonOverrides = import ./elpa-common-overrides.nix pkgs;
+
+    overrides = self: super: {
       # upstream issue: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
       org-transclusion =
         if super.org-transclusion.version == "1.2.0"
@@ -98,17 +100,6 @@ self: let
         };
       });
 
-      eglot = super.eglot.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        postInstall = (old.postInstall or "") + ''
-          local info_file=eglot.info
-          pushd $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/eglot-*
-          # specify output info file to override the one defined in eglot.texi
-          makeinfo --output=$info_file eglot.texi
-          install-info $info_file dir
-          popd
-        '';
-      });
-
       jinx = super.jinx.overrideAttrs (old: let
         libExt = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
       in {
@@ -150,38 +141,11 @@ self: let
         }
       );
 
-      xeft = super.xeft.overrideAttrs (old: let
-        libExt = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
-      in {
-        dontUnpack = false;
-
-        buildInputs = (old.buildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pkgs.xapian ];
-        buildPhase = (old.buildPhase or "") + ''
-          $CXX -shared -o xapian-lite${libExt} xapian-lite.cc $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -lxapian
-        '';
-        postInstall = (old.postInstall or "") + "\n" + ''
-          outd=$out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/xeft-*
-          install -m444 -t $outd xapian-lite${libExt}
-          rm $outd/xapian-lite.cc $outd/emacs-module.h $outd/emacs-module-prelude.h $outd/demo.gif $outd/Makefile
-        '';
-      });
-
-      # native compilation for tests/seq-tests.el never ends
-      # delete tests/seq-tests.el to workaround this
-      seq = super.seq.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        dontUnpack = false;
-        postUnpack = (old.postUnpack or "") + "\n" + ''
-          local content_directory=$(echo seq-*)
-          rm --verbose $content_directory/tests/seq-tests.el
-          src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
-          tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
-        '';
-      });
-
 
     };
 
-    elpaPackages = super // overrides;
+    elpaPackages =
+      let super' = super // (commonOverrides self super); in super' // (overrides self super');
 
   in elpaPackages);
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-common-overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-common-overrides.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6ac00a3a817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-common-overrides.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+pkgs:
+
+self: super:
+
+{
+  p4-16-mode = super.p4-16-mode.overrideAttrs {
+    # workaround https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/301795
+    prePatch = ''
+      mkdir tmp-untar-dir
+      pushd tmp-untar-dir
+
+      tar --extract --verbose --file=$src
+      content_directory=$(echo p4-16-mode-*)
+      cp --verbose $content_directory/p4-16-mode-pkg.el $content_directory/p4-pkg.el
+      src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
+      tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
+
+      popd
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-devel-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-devel-packages.nix
index 7b156aeaaa49..8cbcd0a71119 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-devel-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-devel-packages.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
   3. Run `git commit -m "nongnu-devel-packages $(date -Idate)" -- nongnu-devel-generated.nix`
 */
 
-{ lib, buildPackages }:
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  buildPackages,
+}:
 
 self:
 let
@@ -35,26 +39,15 @@ let
 
       super = imported;
 
-      overrides = {
-        p4-16-mode = super.p4-16-mode.overrideAttrs {
-          # workaround https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/301795
-          prePatch = ''
-            mkdir tmp-untar-dir
-            pushd tmp-untar-dir
+      commonOverrides = import ./nongnu-common-overrides.nix pkgs;
 
-            tar --extract --verbose --file=$src
-            content_directory=$(echo p4-16-mode-*)
-            cp --verbose $content_directory/p4-16-mode-pkg.el $content_directory/p4-pkg.el
-            src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
-            tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
-
-            popd
-          '';
-        };
-      };
+      overrides = self: super: { };
 
     in
-    super // overrides
+    let
+      super' = super // (commonOverrides self super);
+    in
+    super' // (overrides self super')
   );
 
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix
index ce13179ca1ea..4466621b3926 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To update the list of packages from nongnu (ELPA),
 
 */
 
-{ lib, buildPackages }:
+{ lib, pkgs, buildPackages }:
 
 self: let
 
@@ -29,24 +29,11 @@ self: let
 
     super = imported;
 
-    overrides = {
-      p4-16-mode = super.p4-16-mode.overrideAttrs {
-        # workaround https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/301795
-        prePatch = ''
-          mkdir tmp-untar-dir
-          pushd tmp-untar-dir
+    commonOverrides = import ./nongnu-common-overrides.nix pkgs;
 
-          tar --extract --verbose --file=$src
-          content_directory=$(echo p4-16-mode-*)
-          cp --verbose $content_directory/p4-16-mode-pkg.el $content_directory/p4-pkg.el
-          src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
-          tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
+    overrides = self: super: { };
 
-          popd
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-
-  in super // overrides);
+  in
+  let super' = super // (commonOverrides self super); in super' // (overrides self super'));
 
 in generateNongnu { }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 837155a55407..968bf2a2800a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ let
   };
 
   mkNongnuDevelPackages = { pkgs, lib }: import ../applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-devel-packages.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) buildPackages;
+    inherit (pkgs) pkgs buildPackages;
     inherit lib;
   };
 
   mkNongnuPackages = { pkgs, lib }: import ../applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) buildPackages;
+    inherit (pkgs) pkgs buildPackages;
     inherit lib;
   };