diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 09d0d20be1a8..d09544ba2fa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -311,21 +311,6 @@ let
     inherit lib;
   };
 
-  rainbow-delimiters = melpaBuild rec {
-    pname = "rainbow-delimiters";
-    version = "2.1.1";
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "Fanael";
-      repo = pname;
-      rev = version;
-      sha256 = "0gxc8j5a14bc9mp43cbcz41ipc0z1yvmypg52dnl8hadirry20gd";
-    };
-    meta = {
-      description = "Highlight delimiters with colors according to their depth";
-      license = gpl3Plus;
-    };
-  };
-
   request = melpaBuild rec {
     pname = "request";
     version = "0.2.0";