diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/elpa.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/elpa.nix
index 3e40cd6df56b..48381c4239eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/elpa.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/elpa.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ in
 libBuildHelper.extendMkDerivation' genericBuild (finalAttrs:
 
 { pname
-, version
-, src
 , dontUnpack ? true
 , meta ? {}
 , ...
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
index a3943dda188c..3ff10ee865fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ in
 
 libBuildHelper.extendMkDerivation' stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs:
 
-{ pname
-, version
-, buildInputs ? []
+{ buildInputs ? []
 , nativeBuildInputs ? []
 , packageRequires ? []
 , propagatedBuildInputs ? []
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/trivial.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/trivial.nix
index fa3cd2fe5633..2c20b0567c68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/trivial.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/trivial.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ in
 
 libBuildHelper.extendMkDerivation' (callPackage ./generic.nix envargs) (finalAttrs:
 
-{ pname
-, version
-, src
-, ...
-}@args:
+args:
 
 {
   buildPhase = args.buildPhase or ''