diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
index 681ade367e5..81039a5ff99 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ instantenous and formats commits for you.
 
         rtags = dontConfigure (externalSrc super.rtags external.rtags);
 
+        rtags-xref = dontConfigure super.rtags;
+
         shm = super.shm.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
           propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ external.structured-haskell-mode ];
         });