diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/haskell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/haskell/default.nix
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@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, emacs, texinfo }:
-
-# Use "emacsMelpa.haskell-mode" instead.
-
-let
-  version = "13.14-169-g0d3569d";      # git describe --tags
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "haskell-mode-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "haskell";
-    repo = "haskell-mode";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0v5iy9wy05hf44wy7qs0c9q0v34m4k6wrqg4kyvji61568k1yx3k";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ emacs texinfo ];
-
-  makeFlags = "VERSION=v${version} GIT_VERSION=v${version}";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-    cp *.el *.elc *.hs $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/
-    mkdir -p $out/share/info
-    cp -v *.info* $out/share/info/
-  '';
-
-  # The test suite must run *after* copying the generated files to $out
-  # because "make check" implies "make clean".
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-  installCheckTarget = "check";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://github.com/haskell/haskell-mode;
-    description = "Haskell mode for Emacs";
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.peti ];
-    broken = true;  # no longer compiles and this package is obsolete anyway
-  };
-}