diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ess/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ess/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ce335a5d4827..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ess/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs, texinfo }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ess-14.09";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "0wa507jfmq3k7x0vigd2yzb4j2190ix4wnnpv7ql4bjy0vfvmwdn";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ emacs texinfo ];
-
-  configurePhase = "makeFlags=PREFIX=$out";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Emacs Speaks Statistics";
-    homepage = http://ess.r-project.org/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}