diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 936fc99d6397..5257d5c21b3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
 
   git-gutter = melpaBuild rec {
     pname = "git-gutter";
-    version = "0.83";
+    version = "20150930";
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner  = "syohex";
       repo   = "emacs-git-gutter";