diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/lorem-ipsum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/lorem-ipsum/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b75c51d3bd74..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/lorem-ipsum/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lorem-ipsum-0.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/lorem-ipsum.el";
-    sha256 = "122d0z3xqfaikgk34l7bh989mfxddin2ljinysp2lqw8djfi7jsl";
-  };
-
-  phases = [ "buildPhase" "installPhase"];
-
-  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cp $src lorem-ipsum.el
-    emacs --batch -f batch-byte-compile lorem-ipsum.el
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -d $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-    install lorem-ipsum.el lorem-ipsum.elc $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Insert dummy pseudo Latin text for Emacs";
-    homepage = http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LoremIpsum;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-  };
-}