diff --git a/nixos/tests/emacs-daemon.nix b/nixos/tests/emacs-daemon.nix
index d53031a67f62..310e93e19b0b 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/emacs-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/emacs-daemon.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
       )
 
       # connects to the daemon
-      machine.succeed("emacsclient --create-frame $EDITOR >&2 &")
+      machine.succeed("emacsclient --no-wait --frame-parameters='((display . \"'\"$DISPLAY\"'\"))' --create-frame $EDITOR >&2")
 
       # checks that Emacs shows the edited filename
       machine.wait_for_text("emacseditor")
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/27.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/27.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 064231b24565..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/27.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import ./generic.nix (rec {
-  version = "27.2";
-  sha256 = "sha256-tKfMTnjmPzeGJOCRkhW5EK9bsqCvyBn60pgnLp9Awbk=";
-  patches = fetchpatch: [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-aarch64-darwin-triplet.patch";
-      url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/patch/?id=a88f63500e475f842e5fbdd9abba4ce122cdb082";
-      sha256 = "sha256-RF9b5PojFUAjh2TDUW4+HaWveV30Spy1iAXhaWf1ZVg=";
-    })
-    # glibc 2.34 compat
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/emacs/raw/181aafcdb7ee2fded9fce4cfc448f27edccc927f/f/emacs-glibc-2.34.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-2o3C/jhZPl2OW/LmVPt/fhdwbS9NOdF9lVEF1Kn9aEk=";
-    })
-  ];
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/28.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/28.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e66917ab93f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/28.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import ./generic.nix (rec {
+  version = "28.1";
+  sha256 = "sha256-KLGz0JkDegiPCkyiUdfnJi6rXqFneqv/psRCaWGtdeE=";
+  patches = _: [ ];
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/at-fdcwd.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/at-fdcwd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8099b73736..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/at-fdcwd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/careadlinkat.h b/lib/careadlinkat.h
-index 84ede3e..8e8f42e 100644
---- a/lib/careadlinkat.h
-+++ b/lib/careadlinkat.h
-@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- 
-+#ifndef AT_FDCWD
-+#define AT_FDCWD -2
-+#endif
-+
- struct allocator;
- 
- /* Assuming the current directory is FD, get the symbolic link value
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index 82a1d6af8329..a7345b1decfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 , libtiff, librsvg, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls, libselinux
 , alsa-lib, cairo, acl, gpm, AppKit, GSS, ImageIO, m17n_lib, libotf
 , sigtool, jansson, harfbuzz, sqlite, nixosTests
-, dontRecurseIntoAttrs ,emacsPackagesFor
+, dontRecurseIntoAttrs, emacsPackagesFor
 , libgccjit, targetPlatform, makeWrapper # native-comp params
 , systemd ? null
 , withX ? !stdenv.isDarwin
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index dde08c9d5e9d..0c2b45c914a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ mapAliases ({
   electrum-dash = throw "electrum-dash has been removed from nixpkgs as the project is abandoned"; # Added 2022-01-01
 
   # Emacs
-  emacs27Packages = emacs27.pkgs; # Added 2020-12-18
-  emacs27WithPackages = emacs27.pkgs.withPackages; # Added 2020-12-18
+  emacs28Packages = emacs28.pkgs; # Added 2021-10-04
+  emacs28WithPackages = emacs28.pkgs.withPackages; # Added 2021-10-04
   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
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 22d842be9220..4f43b7635388 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25480,10 +25480,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   em = callPackage ../applications/editors/em { };
 
-  emacs = emacs27;
-  emacs-nox = emacs27-nox;
+  emacs = emacs28;
+  emacsNativeComp = emacs28NativeComp;
+  emacs-nox = emacs28-nox;
 
-  emacs27 = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs/27.nix {
+  emacs28 = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs/28.nix {
     # use override to enable additional features
     libXaw = xorg.libXaw;
     Xaw3d = null;
@@ -25495,7 +25496,11 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin) sigtool;
   };
 
-  emacs27-nox = lowPrio (emacs27.override {
+  emacs28NativeComp = emacs28.override {
+    nativeComp = true;
+  };
+
+  emacs28-nox = lowPrio (emacs28.override {
     withX = false;
     withNS = false;
     withGTK2 = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix b/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
index c33f8b2dc2aa..fa99c0eead85 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@
     };
 
     # This is an alias which we disallow by default; explicitly allow it
-    emacs27Packages = emacs27.pkgs;
+    emacs28Packages = emacs28.pkgs;
   };
 }