diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 670b6faa51b5..42e2340d7238 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ let
 
         dune = dontConfigure super.dune;
 
-        emacsql = super.emacsql.overrideAttrs (old: {
+        emacsql = super.emacsql.overrideAttrs (old: lib.optionalAttrs (lib.versionOlder old.version "20241115.1939") {
           buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.sqlite ];
 
           postBuild = ''