diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix
index 99cd5c6aa9e3..b1c378cf31c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/mu4e/package.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-{ elpaBuild, mu }:
+{
+  lib,
+  elpaBuild,
+  mu,
+}:
 
-let
+elpaBuild {
   pname = "mu4e";
   version = mu.mu4e.version;
-in
-elpaBuild {
-  inherit pname version;
 
   src = mu.mu4e;
 
@@ -15,21 +16,20 @@ elpaBuild {
 
   # prepare a multi-file package tar archive according to info
   # "(elisp) Multi-file Packages" for elpaBuild to install
-  postUnpack = ''
-    pushd mu-*-mu4e
-    local content_directory=${pname}-${version}
+  postBuild = ''
+    local content_directory=$pname-$version
     mkdir $content_directory
     cp --verbose share/emacs/site-lisp/mu4e/*.el $content_directory/
     rm --verbose --force $content_directory/mu4e-autoloads.el
     cp --verbose share/info/* $content_directory/
     src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
     tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
-    popd
   '';
 
   ignoreCompilationError = false;
 
-  meta = mu.meta // {
+  meta = removeAttrs mu.meta [ "mainProgram" ] // {
     description = "Full-featured e-mail client";
+    maintainers = mu.meta.maintainers ++ (with lib.maintainers; [ linj ]);
   };
 }