diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 0358d6d80999..cc7428064931 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ mapAliases ({
   emacs28Packages = emacs28.pkgs; # Added 2021-10-04
   emacs28WithPackages = emacs28.pkgs.withPackages; # Added 2021-10-04
   emacsNativeComp = emacs28NativeComp; # Added 2022-06-08
-  emacsPackages = emacs.pkgs; # Added 2020-12-18
   emacsPackagesGen = throw "'emacsPackagesGen' has been renamed to/replaced by 'emacsPackagesFor'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   emacsPackagesNg = emacs.pkgs; # Added 2019-08-07
   emacsPackagesNgFor = emacsPackagesFor; # Added 2019-08-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7e9df668d10d..fb45ce8a1cbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27007,6 +27007,9 @@ with pkgs;
     pkgs' = pkgs;  # default pkgs used for bootstrapping the emacs package set
   };
 
+  # This alias should live in aliases.nix but that would cause Hydra not to evaluate/build the packages.
+  emacsPackages = emacs.pkgs;
+
   inherit (gnome) empathy;
 
   enhanced-ctorrent = callPackage ../applications/networking/enhanced-ctorrent { };