diff --git a/overlays/nvim-treesitter-legacy-shim/default.nix b/overlays/nvim-treesitter-legacy-shim/default.nix
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+final: prev:
+let
+  inherit (final) lib;
+  overrides = final: prev:
+    let
+      hasLegacyPackage = prev ? nvim-treesitter-legacy;
+    in
+    {
+      nvim-treesitter-textobjects-legacy = prev.nvim-treesitter-textobjects.overrideAttrs {
+        dependencies = [ final.nvim-treesitter-legacy ];
+      };
+    } // (lib.optionalAttrs (!hasLegacyPackage) {
+      nvim-treesitter-legacy = final.nvim-treesitter;
+    });
+in
+{
+  vimPlugins = prev.vimPlugins.extend (overrides);
+}