diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
index ff5cce83103e5c..da7d44d6798a45 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ self: let
           rm $outd/xapian-lite.cc $outd/emacs-module.h $outd/emacs-module-prelude.h $outd/demo.gif $outd/Makefile
         '';
       });
+
+      # native compilation for tests/seq-tests.el never ends
+      # delete tests/seq-tests.el to workaround this
+      seq = super.seq.overrideAttrs (old: {
+        dontUnpack = false;
+        postUnpack = (old.postUnpack or "") + "\n" + ''
+          local content_directory=$(echo seq-*)
+          rm --verbose $content_directory/tests/seq-tests.el
+          src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
+          tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
+        '';
+      });
     };
 
     elpaDevelPackages = super // overrides;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
index 2a6cb016cdc8a1..ac7e775f673036 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ self: let
       cl-print = null; # builtin
       tle = null; # builtin
       advice = null; # builtin
-      seq = if lib.versionAtLeast self.emacs.version "27"
-            then null
-            else super.seq;
       # Compilation instructions for the Ada executables:
       # https://www.nongnu.org/ada-mode/
       ada-mode = super.ada-mode.overrideAttrs (old: {
@@ -174,6 +171,18 @@ self: let
         '';
       });
 
+      # native compilation for tests/seq-tests.el never ends
+      # delete tests/seq-tests.el to workaround this
+      seq = super.seq.overrideAttrs (old: {
+        dontUnpack = false;
+        postUnpack = (old.postUnpack or "") + "\n" + ''
+          local content_directory=$(echo seq-*)
+          rm --verbose $content_directory/tests/seq-tests.el
+          src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
+          tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
+        '';
+      });
+
 
     };