diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/nyan-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/nyan-mode/default.nix
index d57c591ec1e8..e0057fd30cea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/nyan-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/nyan-mode/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{trivialBuild, lib, fetchFromGitHub}:
+{lib, trivialBuild, fetchFromGitHub}:
 
 trivialBuild rec {
   pname    = "nyan-mode";
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ trivialBuild rec {
     cp -r mus $out
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "An analog indicator of the position in the buffer";
-    homepage = https://github.com/TeMPOraL/nyan-mode/;
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
index be81e93e32ae..6fd630b13f4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ with lib;
 }@args:
 
 let
+
   defaultMeta = {
     broken = false;
     platforms = emacs.meta.platforms;
+  } // optionalAttrs ((args.src.meta.homepage or "") != "") {
+    homepage = args.src.meta.homepage;
   };
+
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation ({
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/melpa.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/melpa.nix
index 607a1b4a5ef6..5eaa995b4126 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/melpa.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/melpa.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ let
   targets = concatStringsSep " " (if files == null then fileSpecs else files);
 
   defaultMeta = {
-    homepage = "http://melpa.org/#/${pname}";
+    homepage = args.src.meta.homepage or "http://melpa.org/#/${pname}";
   };
 
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 5982a9f5ce71..a8cce92c1bc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
         mode which displays current match and total matches information
         in the mode-line in various search mode.
       '';
-      homepage = https://github.com/syohex/emacs-anzu/;
       license = gpl3Plus;
     };
   };
@@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
       description = "Auto-complete extension for Emacs";
       homepage = http://cx4a.org/software/auto-complete/;
       license = gpl3Plus;
-      platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     };
   };
 
@@ -235,7 +233,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     };
     meta = {
       description = "Interactively insert items from Emacs kill-ring";
-      homepage = https://github.com/browse-kill-ring/browse-kill-ring/;
       license = gpl2Plus;
     };
   };
@@ -251,7 +248,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     };
     meta = {
       description = "Mouseable text in Emacs";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/rolandwalker/button-lock";
       license  = bsd2;
     };
   };
@@ -355,7 +351,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
         The API and implementations were translated from JSDeferred (by cho45)
          and Mochikit.Async (by Bob Ippolito) in JavaScript.
       '';
-      homepage =  https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-deferred;
       license = gpl3Plus;
     };
   };
@@ -770,7 +765,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     };
     meta = {
       description = "Does what you expected ido-everywhere to do in Emacs";
-      homepage = https://github.com/DarwinAwardWinner/ido-ubiquitous/;
       license = gpl3Plus;
     };
   };
@@ -949,7 +943,9 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     };
   };
 
-  nyan-mode = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/nyan-mode {};
+  nyan-mode = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/nyan-mode {
+    inherit lib;
+  };
 
   org-plus-contrib = melpaBuild rec {
     pname   = "org-plus-contrib";
@@ -1211,7 +1207,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     };
     meta = {
       description = "M-x enhancement for Emacs build on top of Ido";
-      homepage = https://github.com/nonsequitur/smex/;
       license = emacs.meta.license; # should be "same as Emacs"
     };
   };
@@ -1224,7 +1219,6 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     fileSpecs = [ "elisp/*.el" ];
 
     meta = {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/chrisdone/structured-haskell-mode";
       description = "Structured editing Emacs mode for Haskell";
       license = bsd3;
       platforms = external.structured-haskell-mode.meta.platforms;