diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index ddfdbe337186..8f8a3665acb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-{ pname ? "emacs"
+{ pname
 , version
-, versionModifier ? ""
-, name ? "emacs-${version}${versionModifier}"
 , variant
 , src
 , patches ? _: [ ]