diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3e4b4de4b9e..8a9820ef1a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14043,12 +14043,7 @@ in
     qtbase = qt55;
   };
 
-  notmuch = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch {
-    # No need to build Emacs - notmuch.el works just fine without
-    # byte-compilation. Use emacsPackages.notmuch if you want to
-    # byte-compiled files
-    emacs = null;
-  };
+  notmuch = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch { };
 
   notmuch-mutt = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch/mutt.nix { };