diff --git a/home-configuration.scm b/home-configuration.scm
index 161afbf..dda6af3 100644
--- a/home-configuration.scm
+++ b/home-configuration.scm
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
                       "zsh"
                       "zsh-autosuggestions"
                       "zsh-syntax-highlighting"
-                      "fzf"
-                      "emacs"))
+                      "fzf"))
                     (list
                      zellij)))
 
diff --git a/packages.scm b/packages.scm
index e1f4a20..45e41f0 100644
--- a/packages.scm
+++ b/packages.scm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the lat
     (auto-start? #t)
     (start
      #~(make-forkexec-constructor
-        (list #$(file-append emacs "/bin/emacs")
+        (list "/usr/bin/emacs"
               "--fg-daemon")
         #:log-file (format #f "~a/.local/var/log/emacs.log" (getenv "HOME"))))
     (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))