diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/cask/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/cask/package.nix
index 049ce788abe8..1ec482d5d794 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/cask/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/cask/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   f,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   git,
-  gitUpdater,
   melpaBuild,
   package-build,
   s,
@@ -59,10 +58,6 @@ melpaBuild (finalAttrs: {
     install -D -t $out/bin bin/cask
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
-    rev-prefix = "v";
-  };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cask/cask";
     description = "Project management for Emacs";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/package.nix
index 5da333a1ef43..e544c4cca18b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@ melpaBuild {
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/335408
   ignoreCompilationError = true;
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized";
     description = "Precision colors for machines and people; Emacs implementation";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/package.nix
index 1e194cfb432a..b0c6d1bcc0bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   libffi,
   melpaBuild,
   pkg-config,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     make CXX=$CXX
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/skeeto/elisp-ffi";
     description = "Emacs Lisp Foreign Function Interface";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/package.nix
index 2155f3c781ea..c41798802589 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-er+knxqAejgKAtOnhqHfsGN286biHFdeMIUlbW7JyYw=";
   };
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/emacsmirror/font-lock-plus";
     description = "Enhancements to standard library font-lock.el";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/package.nix
index a46d166f487a..64e2c3ab0728 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-3QDw4W3FbFvb2zpkDHAo9BJKxs3LaehyvUVJPKqS9RE=";
   };
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ichernyshovvv/grid.el";
     description = "Library to put text data into boxes and manipulate them";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/icicles/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/icicles/package.nix
index 511272c4a33d..68e97c8e98ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/icicles/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/icicles/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-pH4FQuAnYf8eNiwiLl+OOOxzdecrncay6TcHjNG16sk=";
   };
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles";
     description = "Emacs library that enhances minibuffer completion";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/package.nix
index 78325d90bf78..92c508ed8aa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/lspce/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   f,
   markdown-mode,
   melpaBuild,
-  nix-update-script,
   yasnippet,
 }:
 
@@ -26,9 +25,5 @@ melpaBuild {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit lspce-module;
-    updateScript = nix-update-script {
-      attrPath = "emacsPackages.lspce.lspce-module";
-      extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ];
-    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/package.nix
index 2fc868feb353..4bdf1c124223 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   melpaBuild,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-/8T1VTYkKUxlNWXuuS54S5jpl4UxJBbgSuWc17a/VyM=";
   };
 
-  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://emacswiki.org/emacs/RectangleMark";
     description = "Mark a rectangle of text with highlighting";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/package.nix
index f003ba3766fc..a8811d396e68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   melpaBuild,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-D36qiRi5OTZrBtJ/bD/javAWizZ8NLlC/YP4rdLCSsw=";
   };
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sunrise-commander/sunrise-commander/";
     description = "Orthodox (two-pane) file manager for Emacs";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/package.nix
index 2581fa041afe..4c1f794c1ed3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/package.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   melpaBuild,
   nav-flash,
   porthole,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
   yasnippet,
   el-patch,
 }:
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     el-patch
   ];
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jcaw/voicemacs/";
     description = "Set of utilities for controlling Emacs by voice";