diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix
index 2f0112fd922..d2e17f1ed96 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
   emacsSessionManagement = callPackage ./session-management-for-emacs { };
   hsc3-mode = callPackage ./hsc3 { };
   ido-ubiquitous = callPackage ./ido-ubiquitous { };
-  ocaml-mode = callPackage ./ocaml { };
   prolog-mode = callPackage ./prolog { };
   rectMark = callPackage ./rect-mark { };
   sunriseCommander = callPackage ./sunrise-commander { };
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@
   #
   # Ideally this should be dropped some time during/after 20.03
   bbdb3 = self.melpaStablePackages.bbdb;
-  ocamlMode = self.ocaml-mode;
   jade = self.jade-mode;
   # scalaMode2 = null;  # No clear mapping as of now
   flymakeCursor = self.melpaStablePackages.flymake-cursor;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ocaml/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ocaml/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4240263dd0b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ocaml/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, emacs, ocaml }:
-
-# this package installs the emacs-mode which
-# resides in the ocaml compiler sources.
-
-let version = stdenv.lib.removePrefix "ocaml-" ocaml.name;
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "ocaml-mode";
-  inherit version;
-  inherit (ocaml) prefixKey src;
-
-  # a quick configure to get the Makefile generated. Since
-  # we do not build the ocaml itself, we don't really
-  # need it to support any features.
-  configureFlags = (with stdenv.lib; optional (!(versionAtLeast version "4.02")) "-no-tk") ++
-    [ "-no-curses" "-no-pthread" ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
-  dontBuild = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    cd emacs;
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/emacs/site-lisp" "$out/bin"
-    EMACSDIR=$out/share/emacs/site-lisp make simple-install install-ocamltags
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://caml.inria.fr";
-    description = "OCaml mode package for Emacs";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}