diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
index 9d9134e51a9f..f8ef53e6d211 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -183,6 +183,22 @@ env NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1 nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../ -A emacsPac
         # upstream issue: missing file header
         window-numbering = markBroken super.window-numbering;
 
+        zmq = super.zmq.overrideAttrs(old: {
+          stripDebugList = [ "share" ];
+          preBuild = ''
+            make
+          '';
+          nativeBuildInputs = [
+            external.autoconf external.automake external.pkgconfig external.libtool
+            (external.zeromq.override { enableDrafts = true; })
+          ];
+          postInstall = ''
+            mv $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*/src/.libs/emacs-zmq.so $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*
+            rm -r $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*/src
+            rm $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*/Makefile
+          '';
+        });
+
         # Map legacy renames from emacs2nix since code generation was ported to emacs lisp
         _0blayout = super."0blayout";
         _0xc = super."0xc";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 5547e01cd155..9a232c6899d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -302,42 +302,6 @@ let
 
     zeitgeist = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/zeitgeist { };
 
-    zmq = melpaBuild rec {
-      pname = "zmq";
-      ename = "zmq";
-      version = "0.10.10";
-      src = fetchFromGitHub {
-        owner = "dzop";
-        repo = "emacs-zmq";
-        rev = "v0.10.10";
-        sha256 = "0ngxm5mm0kqgvn8977ryrngamx0khzlw86d8vz5s0jhm2kgwnqp8";
-      };
-      recipe = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milkypostman/melpa/72f4dcc2723de826bf1af7235ac6d9119a243c63/recipes/zmq";
-        sha256 = "14bbh00a58xgxyxl8zjxl57rf6351fnwsnk4cvvy341fvf86dklc";
-        name = "recipe";
-      };
-      stripDebugList = [ "share" ];
-      packageRequires = [ emacs ];
-      nativeBuildInputs = [
-        external.autoconf external.automake external.pkgconfig external.libtool
-        (external.zeromq.override { enableDrafts = true; })
-      ];
-      preBuild = ''
-        make
-      '';
-      postInstall = ''
-        mv $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*/src/.libs/emacs-zmq.so $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*
-        rm -r $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*/src
-        rm $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/zmq-*/Makefile
-      '';
-      meta = {
-        homepage = "https://melpa.org/#/zmq";
-        description = "Emacs bindings to ØMQ";
-        license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-      };
-    };
-
   };
 
 in lib.makeScope newScope (self: