diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 17c0ea50a641..413090ce5b63 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -152,33 +152,6 @@ let
       };
     };
 
-    emacsql-sqlite = melpaBuild rec {
-      pname = "emacsql-sqlite";
-      ename = "emacsql-sqlite";
-      version = "20180128.1252";
-      src = fetchFromGitHub {
-        owner = "skeeto";
-        repo = "emacsql";
-        rev = "62d39157370219a1680265fa593f90ccd51457da";
-        sha256 = "0ghl3g8n8wlw8rnmgbivlrm99wcwn93bv8flyalzs0z9j7p7fdq9";
-      };
-      recipe = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milkypostman/melpa/3cfa28c7314fa57fa9a3aaaadf9ef83f8ae541a9/recipes/emacsql-sqlite";
-        sha256 = "1y81nabzzb9f7b8azb9giy23ckywcbrrg4b88gw5qyjizbb3h70x";
-        name = "recipe";
-      };
-      preBuild = ''
-        cd sqlite
-        make
-      '';
-      stripDebugList = [ "share" ];
-      packageRequires = [ emacs emacsql ];
-      meta = {
-        homepage = "https://melpa.org/#/emacsql-sqlite";
-        license = lib.licenses.free;
-      };
-    };
-
     elpy = melpaBuild rec {
       pname   = "elpy";
       version = external.elpy.version;