diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/auctex/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/tex/auctex/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs, tetex }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "auctex-11.84";
+  meta = {
+    description = "AUCTeX is an extensible package for writing and formatting TeX files in GNU Emacs and XEmacs.";
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex;
+  };
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/auctex/auctex-11.84.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "73970c51221524442c11cde13d0584e9";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ emacs tetex ];
+}