diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/xml-rpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/xml-rpc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 661430516b70..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/xml-rpc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, emacs}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "xml-rpc-1.6.8";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://launchpadlibrarian.net/40270196/xml-rpc.el;
-    sha256 = "0i8hf90yhrjwqrv7q1f2g1cff6ld8apqkka42fh01wkdys1fbm7b";
-  };
-
-  phases = [ "buildPhase" "installPhase"];
-
-  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cp $src xml-rpc.el
-    emacs --batch -f batch-byte-compile xml-rpc.el
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -d $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-    install xml-rpc.el* $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Elisp implementation of clientside XML-RPC";
-    homepage = https://launchpad.net/xml-rpc-el;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-  };
-}