diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/php/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/php/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 85c44848057..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/php/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-mkdir -p $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-cd $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
-tar xvfz $src
-mv php-mode-*/* .
-rmdir php-mode-*
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/php/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/php/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b3cf7b2971..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/php/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "php-mode-1.5.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/php-mode/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1bffgg4rpiggxqc1hvjcby24sfyzj5728zg7r6f4v6a126a7kcfq";
-  };
-
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-}