diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/markdown-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/markdown-mode/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7176b289b8b5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/markdown-mode/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, emacs }:
-
-let
-  version = "2.0-82-gfe30ef7";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "markdown-mode-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "defunkt";
-    repo   = "markdown-mode";
-    rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "14a6r05j0g2ppq2q4kd14qyxwr6yv5jwndavbwzkmp6qhmm9k8nz";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    emacs -L . --batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -d $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-    install *.el *.elc $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-  '';
-
-  meta.license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-}