diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
index 297e04e0e48..0e90f7adf27 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ self:
       # upstream issue: missing file header
       qiita = markBroken super.qiita;
 
-      spaceline = super.spaceline.override {
-        inherit (self.melpaPackages) powerline;
-      };
-
       # upstream issue: missing file header
       speech-tagger = markBroken super.speech-tagger;