diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/build-properties.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/build-properties.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d0a733b912e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/build-properties.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Make sure `build.properties' is honored.
-
---- jde/build.xml
-+++ jde/build.xml
-@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
-   <property name="project.version" value="2.4.0"/>
-   <property name="config.dir" location="./config"/>
- 
-+  <property file="build.properties"/>
- 
-   <!-- everything depends on this initialization target -->
-   <target name="init">
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/cedet-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/cedet-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c866e2d1db..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/cedet-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-JDE insists on seeing CEDET's source tree layout, with various
-sub-directories (`common', `eieio', etc.).  However, the installed CEDET
-is flat, with everything under ${cedet}/share/emacs/site-lisp.
-
---- jde/config/build.el	(revision 90)
-+++ jde/config/build.el	(working copy)
-@@ -50,10 +50,5 @@ PATHS are sub directories under CEDET-DI
- (jde-make-autoloads-and-compile (expand-file-name "@{build.lisp.dir}")
- 				"@{src.lisp.dir}"
- 				"@{cedet.dir}"
--				'("common"
--				  "eieio"
--				  "semantic"
--				  "semantic/bovine"
--				  "speedbar"
--				  )
-+				'(".")
- 				"@{build.lisp.autoload.libname}")
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 306fe66823c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchsvn, stdenv, emacs, cedet, ant }:
-
-let
-  revision = "137";
-in
-  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    name = "jdee-svn${revision}";
-
-    # Last release is too old, so use SVN.
-    # See http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/JavaDevelopmentEnvironment .
-    src = fetchsvn {
-      url = "https://jdee.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/jdee/trunk/jdee";
-      rev = revision;
-      sha256 = "1z1y957glbqm7z3dhah9h4jysw3173pq1gpx5agfwcw614n516xz";
-    };
-
-    patchFlags = "-p1 --ignore-whitespace";
-
-    patches = [
-      ./build-properties.patch
-      ./cedet-paths.patch ./elib-avltree.patch
-      ./java-directory.patch
-    ];
-
-    configurePhase = ''
-      mkdir -p "dist"
-      cat > build.properties <<EOF
-        dist.lisp.dir = dist/share/emacs/site-lisp
-        dist.java.lib.dir = dist/share/java
-        dist.jar.jde.file = dist/share/java/jde.jar
-        dist.java.src.dir = dist/src/${name}/java
-        dist.doc.dir  dist/doc/${name}
-        prefix.dir = $out
-        cedet.dir = ${cedet}/share/emacs/site-lisp
-        elib.dir = /nowhere
-        build.bin.emacs = ${emacs}/bin/emacs
-      EOF
-
-      # Substitute variables, à la Autoconf.
-      for i in "lisp/"*.el
-      do
-        sed -i "$i" -e "s|@out@|$out|g ;
-                        s|@javadir@|$out/share/java|g ;
-                        s|@datadir@|$out/share/${name}|g"
-      done
-    '';
-
-    buildPhase = "ant dist";
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      ant install
-
-      mkdir -p "$out/share/${name}"
-      cp -rv java/bsh-commands "$out/share/${name}"
-
-      # Move everything that's not a JAR to $datadir.  This includes
-      # `sun_checks.xml', license files, etc.
-      cd "$out/share/java"
-      for i in *
-      do
-        if echo $i | grep -qv '\.jar''$'
-        then
-            mv -v "$i" "$out/share/${name}"
-        fi
-      done
-    '';
-
-    buildInputs = [ emacs ant ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ cedet ];
-    propagatedUserEnvPkgs = propagatedBuildInputs; # FIXME: Not honored
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "JDEE, a Java development environment for Emacs";
-
-      longDescription = ''
-        The JDEE is a software package that interfaces Emacs to
-        command-line Java development tools (for example, JavaSoft's
-        JDK).  JDEE features include:
-
-        * JDEE menu with compile, run, debug, build, browse, project,
-          and help commands
-        * syntax coloring
-        * auto indentation
-        * compile error to source links
-        * source-level debugging
-        * source code browsing
-        * make file support
-        * automatic code generation
-        * Java source interpreter (Pat Neimeyer's BeanShell)
-      '';
-
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-
-      maintainers = [ ];
-      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;  # arbitrary choice
-
-      broken = true;
-    };
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/elib-avltree.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/elib-avltree.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index db891b1655e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/elib-avltree.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-JDEE refers to the `avltree' module from GNU Elib, but GNU Elib
-no longer exists (see http://www.gnu.org/software/elib/).  This
-patch updates the module names to what's current in Emacs.
-
---- jde/config/build.el
-+++ jde/config/build.el
-@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ compile.
- CEDET-DIR is the cedet lisp code base directory (see PATHS).
- 
- PATHS are sub directories under CEDET-DIR we use to compile."
--  (dolist (path (list dir lisp-src-dir elib-dir cedet-dir))
-+  (dolist (path (list dir lisp-src-dir cedet-dir))
-     (if (not (file-directory-p path))
- 	(error "Doesn't exist or not a directory: %s" path)))
-   (let ((autoload-buf (jde-make-autoloads dir autoload-libname)))
--    (add-to-list 'load-path elib-dir t)
-     (dolist (path paths)
-       (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name path cedet-dir) t))
-     (add-to-list 'load-path lisp-src-dir t)
-
---- jde/lisp/jde-parse.el	(revision 90)
-+++ jde/lisp/jde-parse.el	(working copy)
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
- 
- (require 'semantic-sb)
- (require 'semantic-ctxt)
--(require 'avltree)
-+(require 'avl-tree)
- (require 'thingatpt)
- (require 'eieio)
- (require 'jde-imenu)                    ; All the imenu stuff is here now!
-@@ -869,7 +869,8 @@ in a method; otherwise, nil."
- 
- (defclass jde-avl-tree ()
-   ((tree        :initarg tree
--	        :type list
-+		;; FIXME: Emacs 23 `avl-tree' objects are not lists.
-+	        ;;:type list
- 	        :documentation
- 	        "The tree")
-    (compare-fcn :initarg compare-fcn
-@@ -887,51 +887,51 @@ in a method; otherwise, nil."
- 
-   (assert (typep  (oref this compare-fcn)  'function))
- 
--  (oset this  tree (avltree-create (oref this compare-fcn))))
-+  (oset this  tree (avl-tree-create (oref this compare-fcn))))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-add ((this jde-avl-tree) item)
-   "Inserts ITEM in this tree."
--  (avltree-enter (oref this tree) item))
-+  (avl-tree-enter (oref this tree) item))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-delete ((this jde-avl-tree) item)
-   "Deletes ITEM from THIS tree."
--  (avltree-delete (oref this tree) item))
-+  (avl-tree-delete (oref this tree) item))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-is-empty ((this jde-avl-tree))
-   "Return t if THIS tree is empty, otherwise return nil."
--  (avltree-empty (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-empty (oref this tree)))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-find ((this jde-avl-tree) item)
-   "Return the element in THIS tree that matches item."
--  (avltree-member (oref this tree) item))
-+  (avl-tree-member (oref this tree) item))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-map ((this jde-avl-tree) map-function)
-   "Applies MAP-FUNCTION to all elements of THIS tree."
--  (avltree-map map-function (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-map map-function (oref this tree)))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-first ((this jde-avl-tree))
-   "Return the first item in THIS tree."
--  (avltree-first (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-first (oref this tree)))
-   
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-last ((this jde-avl-tree))
-   "Return the last item in THIS tree."
--  (avltree-last (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-last (oref this tree)))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-copy ((this jde-avl-tree))
-   "Return a copy of THIS tree."
--  (avltree-copy (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-copy (oref this tree)))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-flatten ((this jde-avl-tree))
-   "Return a sorted list containing all elements of THIS tree."
--  (avltree-flatten (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-flatten (oref this tree)))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-size ((this jde-avl-tree))
-   "Return the number of elements in THIS tree."
--  (avltree-size (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-size (oref this tree)))
- 
- (defmethod jde-avl-tree-clear ((this jde-avl-tree))
-   "Delete all elements of THIS tree."
--  (avltree-clear (oref this tree)))
-+  (avl-tree-clear (oref this tree)))
- 
- (defclass jde-parse-method-map (jde-avl-tree) 
-   ()
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/java-directory.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/java-directory.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ec03749daa6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee/java-directory.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-Tell the elisp code about the right Java directory.
-
---- jde/lisp/jde.el	(revision 90)
-+++ jde/lisp/jde.el	(working copy)
-@@ -2448,17 +2448,14 @@ environment variable."
- (defmethod initialize-instance ((this jde-bsh) &rest fields)
-   "Constructor for the JDEE BeanShell instance."
-   (call-next-method)
--  (let* ((jde-java-directory
--          (concat
--           (jde-find-jde-data-directory)
--           "java/")))
--
--    (oset this bsh-cmd-dir (expand-file-name "bsh-commands" jde-java-directory))
--    (oset this checkstyle-jar  (expand-file-name "lib/checkstyle-all.jar" jde-java-directory))
--    (oset this regexp-jar (expand-file-name "lib/jakarta-regexp.jar" jde-java-directory))
-+  (let ((jde-java-directory "@out@/share/java"))
-+
-+    (oset this bsh-cmd-dir "@datadir@/bsh-commands")
-+    (oset this checkstyle-jar  (expand-file-name "checkstyle-all.jar" jde-java-directory))
-+    (oset this regexp-jar (expand-file-name "jakarta-regexp.jar" jde-java-directory))
-     (oset this jde-classes-dir (expand-file-name "classes" jde-java-directory))
--    (oset this jde-jar (expand-file-name "lib/jde.jar" jde-java-directory))
--    (oset this jar  (expand-file-name "lib/bsh.jar" jde-java-directory))
-+    (oset this jde-jar (expand-file-name "jde.jar" jde-java-directory))
-+    (oset this jar  (expand-file-name "bsh.jar" jde-java-directory))
-     (oset-default 'jde-bsh the-bsh this)))
- 
- (defmethod bsh-create-buffer ((this jde-bsh))
-
---- jde/lisp/jde-checkstyle.el	(revision 90)
-+++ jde/lisp/jde-checkstyle.el	(working copy)
-@@ -316,10 +316,7 @@ string describing how the compilation fi
- 	 (vm-path (oref (jde-run-get-vm) :path))
- 	 (source-file 
- 	  (concat (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)))
--	 (jde-java-directory
--	  (concat
--	   (jde-find-jde-data-directory)
--	   "java/"))
-+	 (jde-java-directory "@out@/share/java")
- 	 (args (append
- 		(unless jde-checkstyle-expanded-properties-file
- 		  (jde-checkstyle-get-property-args this))
-@@ -328,12 +325,12 @@ string describing how the compilation fi
- 		      (if jde-checkstyle-classpath
- 			  (jde-build-classpath jde-checkstyle-classpath)
- 			(jde-normalize-path
--			 (expand-file-name "lib/checkstyle-all.jar" jde-java-directory))))
-+			 (expand-file-name "checkstyle-all.jar" jde-java-directory))))
- 		(list jde-checkstyle-class)		
- 		(list "-c" 
- 		      (if jde-checkstyle-style
- 			  (jde-normalize-path jde-checkstyle-style)
--			(concat (jde-find-jde-data-directory) "java/lib/sun_checks.xml")))
-+			"@datadir@/sun_checks.xml"))
- 		(if jde-checkstyle-expanded-properties-file
-                     (list "-p" (jde-normalize-path jde-checkstyle-expanded-properties-file)))
- 		(if jde-checkstyle-module-package-names-file
-
---- jde/lisp/jde-dbs.el	(revision 90)
-+++ jde/lisp/jde-dbs.el	(working copy)
-@@ -899,9 +899,7 @@ for the breakpoint."
- 		  (jde-normalize-path 'jde-run-working-directory)
- 		source-directory))	     
-              (vm (oref (jde-run-get-vm) :path))
--	     (jde-java-directory
--	      (expand-file-name "java"
--	       (jde-find-jde-data-directory)))
-+	     (jde-java-directory "@out@/share/java")
- 	     (vm-args 
- 		(let (args)
- 		  (setq args 
-@@ -912,7 +910,7 @@ for the breakpoint."
- 			  (jde-build-classpath
- 			       (list
- 				 (expand-file-name 
--				  (if jde-bug-debug "classes" "lib/jde.jar")
-+				  (if jde-bug-debug "classes" "jde.jar")
- 				  jde-java-directory)
- 				 (if (jde-bug-vm-includes-jpda-p)
-                                    (jde-get-tools-jar)