diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index b58465e20ec3..4a718dd96d85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ in
 
   emacspeak = callPackage ./manual-packages/emacspeak { };
 
-  ement = callPackage ./manual-packages/ement { };
-
   ess-R-object-popup = callPackage ./manual-packages/ess-R-object-popup { };
 
   evil-markdown = callPackage ./manual-packages/evil-markdown { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ement/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ement/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c43d0d776544..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ement/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{ trivialBuild
-, lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, plz
-, cl-lib
-, ts
-, magit-section
-, taxy-magit-section
-, taxy
-, svg-lib
-}:
-
-trivialBuild {
-  pname = "ement";
-  version = "unstable-2022-09-01";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "alphapapa";
-    repo = "ement.el";
-    rev = "4ec2107e6a90ed962ddd3875d47caa523eb466b9";
-    sha256 = "sha256-zKkBpaOj3qb/Oy89rt7BxmWZDZzDzMIJjjOm+1rrnnc=";
-  };
-
-  packageRequires = [
-    plz
-    cl-lib
-    ts
-    magit-section
-    taxy-magit-section
-    taxy
-    svg-lib
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    ./handle-nil-images.patch
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Ement.el is a Matrix client for Emacs";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ement/handle-nil-images.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ement/handle-nil-images.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 271e1cd2dbac..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ement/handle-nil-images.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ement-lib.el b/ement-lib.el
-index f0b2738..025a191 100644
---- a/ement-lib.el
-+++ b/ement-lib.el
-@@ -644,14 +644,15 @@ can cause undesirable underlining."
-   "Return a copy of IMAGE set to MAX-WIDTH and MAX-HEIGHT.
- IMAGE should be one as created by, e.g. `create-image'."
-   ;; It would be nice if the image library had some simple functions to do this sort of thing.
--  (let ((new-image (cl-copy-list image)))
--    (when (fboundp 'imagemagick-types)
--      ;; Only do this when ImageMagick is supported.
--      ;; FIXME: When requiring Emacs 27+, remove this (I guess?).
--      (setf (image-property new-image :type) 'imagemagick))
--    (setf (image-property new-image :max-width) max-width
--          (image-property new-image :max-height) max-height)
--    new-image))
-+  (when image
-+    (let ((new-image (cl-copy-list image)))
-+      (when (fboundp 'imagemagick-types)
-+        ;; Only do this when ImageMagick is supported.
-+        ;; FIXME: When requiring Emacs 27+, remove this (I guess?).
-+        (setf (image-property new-image :type) 'imagemagick))
-+      (setf (image-property new-image :max-width) max-width
-+            (image-property new-image :max-height) max-height)
-+      new-image)))
- 
- (defun ement--room-alias (room)
-   "Return latest m.room.canonical_alias event in ROOM."