diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/rainbow-delimiters/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/rainbow-delimiters/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b4223cdc1fd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/rainbow-delimiters/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, emacs}:
-
-let version = "1.3.13";
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "emacs-rainbow-delimiters-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/jlr/rainbow-delimiters/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "075j3nsk4jm0rs5671n28c1wksrfbvpl9a4f89kzcd7sk1h6ncvl";
-  };
-
-  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
-  '';
-}