diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/flymake-cursor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/flymake-cursor/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eae338d241de..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/flymake-cursor/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "flymake-cursor-0.1.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/flymake-cursor.el";
-    sha256 = "10cpzrd588ya52blghxss5zkn6x8hc7bx1h0qbcdlybbmkjgpkxr";
-  };
-
-  phases = [ "buildPhase" "installPhase"];
-
-  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cp $src flymake-cursor.el
-    emacs --batch -f batch-byte-compile flymake-cursor.el
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -d $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-    install flymake-cursor.el flymake-cursor.elc $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Displays flymake error msg in minibuffer after delay";
-    homepage = http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/flymake-cursor.el;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.publicDomain;
-  };
-}