diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/snes9x-gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/snes9x-gtk/default.nix
index f2d3abc0de3b..6be60526eb66 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/snes9x-gtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/snes9x-gtk/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook intltool pkgconfig ];
 
-  sourceRoot = "snes9x-${version}-src";
   preAutoreconf = "cd gtk; intltoolize";  
     
   buildInputs = [ SDL zlib gtk2 libxml2 libXv ];