diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index 2ee92e251bf0..3f5dd795ccb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@
 
   railgun = callPackage ./railgun { };
 
-  rec-mode = callPackage ./rec-mode { };
-
   structured-haskell-mode = self.shm;
 
   sv-kalender = callPackage ./sv-kalender { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/rec-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/rec-mode/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cb560fde534..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/rec-mode/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, trivialBuild
-, recutils
-}:
-
-trivialBuild {
-  pname = "rec-mode";
-
-  inherit (recutils) version src;
-
-  postUnpack = ''
-    sourceRoot="$sourceRoot/etc"
-  '';
-
-  meta = recutils.meta // {
-    description = "A major mode for editing rec files";
-  };
-}