diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/git-undo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/git-undo/default.nix
index b23d36209e61..7c45b11c840d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/git-undo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/git-undo/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , emacs
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+trivialBuild {
   pname = "git-undo";
   version = "0.0.0+unstable=2019-12-21";
 
@@ -15,28 +15,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "sha256-cVkK9EF6qQyVV3uVqnBEjF8e9nEx/8ixnM8PvxqCyYE=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    emacs
-  ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-    emacs -L . --batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    install -d $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-    install *.el *.elc $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jwiegley/git-undo-el";
     description = "Revert region to most recent Git-historical version";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ leungbk ];
-    platforms = emacs.meta.platforms;
+    inherit (emacs.meta) platforms;
   };
 }