diff --git a/third_party/abseil_cpp/default.nix b/third_party/abseil_cpp/default.nix
index ddc5c1c7b..ec2e996d6 100644
--- a/third_party/abseil_cpp/default.nix
+++ b/third_party/abseil_cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
-pkgs.originals.abseil-cpp.overrideAttrs(_: {
+let inherit (pkgs) cmake llvmPackages;
+in llvmPackages.libcxxStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "abseil-cpp";
   version = "20200519-768eb2ca";
   src = ./.;
-})
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An open-source collection of C++ code designed to augment the C++ standard library";
+    homepage = https://abseil.io/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.andersk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/third_party/default.nix b/third_party/default.nix
index e8f878a89..f4c7a67ce 100644
--- a/third_party/default.nix
+++ b/third_party/default.nix
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ in exposed // {
 
   # Packages to be overridden
   originals = {
-    inherit (nixpkgs) abseil-cpp notmuch;
+    inherit (nixpkgs) notmuch;
     inherit (stableNixpkgs) git;
     ffmpeg = nixpkgs.ffmpeg-full;
   };