diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index e3a882b1afb1..609af6c3ea39 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
   texinfo,
   webkitgtk_4_0,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
-  writeText,
   zlib,
 
   # Boolean flags