diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
index 0f92ded4043..7b8d429f76a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-pkgs: with pkgs;
+{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv, texinfo }:
 
 let
 
-  inherit (stdenv.lib) makeScope mapAttrs;
+  inherit (lib) makeScope mapAttrs;
 
   json = builtins.readFile ./elpa-packages.json;
   manifest = builtins.fromJSON json;
@@ -40,12 +40,10 @@ self:
     super = mapAttrs (mkPackage self) manifest;
 
     elpaBuild = import ../../../build-support/emacs/melpa.nix {
-      inherit (pkgs) lib stdenv fetchurl texinfo;
+      inherit fetchurl lib stdenv texinfo;
       inherit (self) emacs;
     };
 
-    builtin = null;
-
     markBroken = pkg: pkg.override {
       elpaBuild = args: self.elpaBuild (args // {
         meta = (args.meta or {}) // { broken = true; };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d12a05f83bc..feb55346c0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11648,8 +11648,9 @@ let
 
   emacs24PackagesNg = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackagesNgGen emacs24);
 
-  elpaPackages =
-    import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix pkgs;
+  elpaPackages = import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/elpa-packages.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl lib stdenv texinfo;
+  };
 
   melpaStablePackages =
     import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix pkgs;