diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
index 81039a5ff994..560e69d1ce1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ instantenous and formats commits for you.
           '';
         });
 
+        treemacs-magit = super.treemacs-magit.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+          # searches for Git at build time
+          nativeBuildInputs =
+            (attrs.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ external.git ];
+        });
+
         vdiff-magit = super.vdiff-magit.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
           nativeBuildInputs =
             (attrs.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ external.git ];
@@ -540,12 +546,6 @@ instantenous and formats commits for you.
           inherit (self.melpaPackages) powerline;
         };
 
-        treemacs-magit = super.treemacs-magit.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
-          # searches for Git at build time
-          nativeBuildInputs =
-            (attrs.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ external.git ];
-        });
-
         vterm = super.vterm.overrideAttrs(old: {
           buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ self.emacs pkgs.cmake pkgs.libvterm-neovim ];
           cmakeFlags = [