diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix
index efc422d601f0..9ec2a4bfdc9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , trivialBuild
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, emacs
 }:
 
 trivialBuild {
@@ -15,10 +14,6 @@ trivialBuild {
     hash = "sha256-D36qiRi5OTZrBtJ/bD/javAWizZ8NLlC/YP4rdLCSsw=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    emacs
-  ];
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sunrise-commander/sunrise-commander/";
     description = "Orthodox (two-pane) file manager for Emacs";