diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/emscripten.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/emscripten.section.md
index 67c8ed42bfda..5f93dd5ff315 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/emscripten.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/emscripten.section.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ See the `zlib` example:
 
     zlib = (pkgs.zlib.override {
       stdenv = pkgs.emscriptenStdenv;
-    }).overrideDerivation
+    }).overrideAttrs
     (old: rec {
       buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ pkg-config ];
       # we need to reset this setting!
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emscripten-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emscripten-packages.nix
index 5e64739b8653..15baf5ba7291 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emscripten-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emscripten-packages.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ with pkgs;
 rec {
   json_c = (pkgs.json_c.override {
     stdenv = pkgs.emscriptenStdenv;
-  }).overrideDerivation
+  }).overrideAttrs
     (old: {
       nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ];
       propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rec {
   libxml2 = (pkgs.libxml2.override {
     stdenv = emscriptenStdenv;
     pythonSupport = false;
-  }).overrideDerivation
+  }).overrideAttrs
     (old: {
       propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
       nativeBuildInputs = (old.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ pkg-config ];
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ rec {
 
   zlib = (pkgs.zlib.override {
     stdenv = pkgs.emscriptenStdenv;
-  }).overrideDerivation
+  }).overrideAttrs
     (old: {
       nativeBuildInputs = (old.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ pkg-config ];
       # we need to reset this setting!