diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 69ff829f3607..4b854273ff81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -143,15 +143,6 @@ in
       '';
   });
 
-  fennel = prev.fennel.overrideAttrs(oa: {
-    nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
-      installShellFiles
-    ];
-    postInstall = ''
-      installManPage fennel.1
-    '';
-  });
-
   # Until https://github.com/swarn/fzy-lua/pull/8 is merged,
   # we have to invoke busted manually
   fzy = prev.fzy.overrideAttrs(oa: {