diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 4f6fbd9a55c5f..b789f54fa80b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   gtk3-x11,
   harfbuzz,
   imagemagick,
-  jansson,
   libXaw,
   libXcursor,
   libXft,
@@ -82,21 +81,20 @@
   withGTK3 ? withPgtk && !noGui,
   withGlibNetworking ? withPgtk || withGTK3 || (withX && withXwidgets),
   withGpm ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
-  withImageMagick ? lib.versionOlder version "27" && (withX || withNS),
-  # Emacs 30+ has native JSON support
-  withJansson ? lib.versionOlder version "30",
+  # https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/etc/NEWS.27#L140-L142
+  withImageMagick ? false,
   withMailutils ? true,
   withMotif ? false,
   withNS ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && !(variant == "macport" || noGui),
   withPgtk ? false,
   withSelinux ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
-  withSQLite3 ? lib.versionAtLeast version "29",
+  withSQLite3 ? true,
   withSystemd ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd,
   withToolkitScrollBars ? true,
-  withTreeSitter ? lib.versionAtLeast version "29",
-  withWebP ? lib.versionAtLeast version "29",
+  withTreeSitter ? true,
+  withWebP ? true,
   withX ? !(stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin || noGui || withPgtk),
-  withXinput2 ? withX && lib.versionAtLeast version "29",
+  withXinput2 ? withX && true,
   withXwidgets ?
     !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
     && !noGui
@@ -143,6 +141,7 @@ assert noGui -> !(withX || withGTK3 || withNS || variant == "macport");
 assert withAcl -> stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux;
 assert withAlsaLib -> stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux;
 assert withGpm -> stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux;
+assert withImageMagick -> (withX || withNS);
 assert withNS -> stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && !(withX || variant == "macport");
 assert withPgtk -> withGTK3 && !withX;
 assert withXwidgets -> !noGui && (withGTK3 || withPgtk);
@@ -183,39 +182,29 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   patches =
     patches fetchpatch
     ++ lib.optionals withNativeCompilation [
-      (replaceVars
-        (
-          if lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "29" then
-            ./native-comp-driver-options-28.patch
-          else if lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "30" then
-            ./native-comp-driver-options.patch
-          else
-            ./native-comp-driver-options-30.patch
-        )
-        {
-          backendPath = (
-            lib.concatStringsSep " " (
-              builtins.map (x: ''"-B${x}"'') (
-                [
-                  # Paths necessary so the JIT compiler finds its libraries:
-                  "${lib.getLib libgccjit}/lib"
-                ]
-                ++ libGccJitLibraryPaths
-                ++ [
-                  # Executable paths necessary for compilation (ld, as):
-                  "${lib.getBin stdenv.cc.cc}/bin"
-                  "${lib.getBin stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin"
-                  "${lib.getBin stdenv.cc.bintools.bintools}/bin"
-                ]
-                ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-                  # The linker needs to know where to find libSystem on Darwin.
-                  "${apple-sdk.sdkroot}/usr/lib"
-                ]
-              )
+      (replaceVars ./native-comp-driver-options-30.patch {
+        backendPath = (
+          lib.concatStringsSep " " (
+            builtins.map (x: ''"-B${x}"'') (
+              [
+                # Paths necessary so the JIT compiler finds its libraries:
+                "${lib.getLib libgccjit}/lib"
+              ]
+              ++ libGccJitLibraryPaths
+              ++ [
+                # Executable paths necessary for compilation (ld, as):
+                "${lib.getBin stdenv.cc.cc}/bin"
+                "${lib.getBin stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin"
+                "${lib.getBin stdenv.cc.bintools.bintools}/bin"
+              ]
+              ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+                # The linker needs to know where to find libSystem on Darwin.
+                "${apple-sdk.sdkroot}/usr/lib"
+              ]
             )
-          );
-        }
-      )
+          )
+        );
+      })
     ];
 
   postPatch = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" [
@@ -283,9 +272,6 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       gnutls
       (lib.getDev harfbuzz)
     ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withJansson [
-      jansson
-    ]
     ++ [
       libxml2
       ncurses
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/native-comp-driver-options-28.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/native-comp-driver-options-28.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 98c6da305145d..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/native-comp-driver-options-28.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
-index a5ab12ae38..e33e71cb55 100644
---- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
-+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
-@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ native-comp-compiler-options
-   :type '(repeat string)
-   :version "28.1")
- 
--(defcustom native-comp-driver-options nil
-+(defcustom native-comp-driver-options '(@backendPath@)
-   "Options passed verbatim to the native compiler's back-end driver.
- Note that not all options are meaningful; typically only the options
- affecting the assembler and linker are likely to be useful.
--- 
-2.37.3
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/native-comp-driver-options.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/native-comp-driver-options.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 58eee35aed0af..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/native-comp-driver-options.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
-index 2c9b79334b..50c6b5ac85 100644
---- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
-+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
-@@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ native-comp-compiler-options
-   :type '(repeat string)
-   :version "28.1")
- 
--(defcustom native-comp-driver-options (when (eq system-type 'darwin)
--                                        '("-Wl,-w"))
-+(defcustom native-comp-driver-options (append (when (eq system-type 'darwin)
-+                                                '("-Wl,-w"))
-+                                              '(@backendPath@))
-   "Options passed verbatim to the native compiler's back-end driver.
- Note that not all options are meaningful; typically only the options
- affecting the assembler and linker are likely to be useful.
--- 
-2.37.3
-