diff --git a/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix b/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix
index 278fe1301..d12052877 100644
--- a/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix
+++ b/third_party/overlays/tvl.nix
@@ -60,4 +60,8 @@ self: super: {
   steam = super.steam.override {
     extraPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [ pango harfbuzz libthai ];
   };
+
+  # nix-serve does not work with nix 2.4
+  # https://github.com/edolstra/nix-serve/issues/28
+  nix-serve = super.nix-serve.override { nix = super.nix_2_3; };
 }