diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 32ef79e6e4b..5775f9b702a 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ let ic-ref-run =
       cp ${ic-hs-pkgs.ic-hs}/bin/ic-ref-run $out/bin
   ''; in
 
-let
-  nixos-unstable = import nixpkgs.sources.nixpkgs-unstable {};
-in
-
 let haskellPackages = nixpkgs.haskellPackages.override {
       overrides = import nix/haskell-packages.nix nixpkgs subpath;
     }; in
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ let
     wasmtime
     rust-bindgen
     python3
-    nixos-unstable.emscripten
+    emscripten
   ] ++ pkgs.lib.optional pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [
     libiconv
   ];
diff --git a/nix/sources.json b/nix/sources.json
index 5f3036d606f..432415cacaf 100644
--- a/nix/sources.json
+++ b/nix/sources.json
@@ -133,18 +133,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/archive/1ca9ee7192f973fd67b0988bdd77b8c11ae245a6.tar.gz",
         "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
     },
-    "nixpkgs-unstable": {
-        "branch": "master",
-        "description": "Nix Packages collection & NixOS",
-        "homepage": "",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "9d2864289e65d0dc841123ae86bc7b3f77b6d12d",
-        "sha256": "0f3bcphzrjm1hs81mhpfx1hqxfnbvhhv5hv82wi1h3f735i279ja",
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/9d2864289e65d0dc841123ae86bc7b3f77b6d12d.tar.gz",
-        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
-    },
     "ocaml-vlq": {
         "branch": "v0.2.0",
         "builtin": false,