diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 49a4c6ffb1e..3407a92e6a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -963,22 +963,6 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  helm = melpaBuild rec {
-    pname   = "helm";
-    version = "20150105";
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner  = "emacs-helm";
-      repo   = pname;
-      rev    = "e5608ad86e7ca72446a4b1aa0faf604200ffe895";
-      sha256 = "0n2kr6pyzcsi8pq6faxz2y8kicz1gmvj98fzzlq3a107dqqp25ay";
-    };
-    packageRequires = [ async ];
-    meta = {
-      description = "An incremental completion and selection narrowing framework for Emacs";
-      license = gpl3Plus;
-    };
-  };
-
   helm-bibtex = melpaBuild rec {
     pname = "helm-bibtex";
     version = "20151125";