diff --git a/pkgs/example-package/default.nix b/pkgs/example-package/default.nix
index 2533adf6073229ea11cc244ffdf1c479109e9ccf..1427461f23fd00bd0e547b7f65cf066b53982a11 100644
--- a/pkgs/example-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/example-package/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "example-package-${version}";
   version = "1.0";
-  src = ./.;
   buildPhase = "echo echo Hello World > example";
   installPhase = "install -Dm755 example $out";
 }