diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix
index fdb28f447192..3cea9ae4ef09 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ fetchurl, lib, melpaBuild, writeText }:
+{ fetchurl, lib, trivialBuild, writeText }:
 
-melpaBuild {
+trivialBuild {
   pname = "font-lock+";
   version = "20180101.25";
 
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     name = "font-lock+.el";
   };
 
-  recipe = writeText "recipe" "(font-lock+ :fetcher github :repo \"\")";
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://melpa.org/#/font-lock+";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;