diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
index 0cea8f0a7316..26f4b791cc02 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ self:
     super = removeAttrs imported [ "dash" ];
 
     elpaBuild = import ../../../build-support/emacs/elpa.nix {
-      inherit fetchurl lib stdenv texinfo;
+      inherit lib stdenv texinfo;
       inherit (self) emacs;
     };