diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 1669162c5295..d1309024613e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ let
     Rbowtie = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev ];
     gaston = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev ];
     csaw = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev curl ];
+    DirichletMultinomial = with pkgs; [ gsl ];
+    DiffBind = with pkgs; [ zlib.dev ];
+    CNEr = with pkgs; [ zlib ];
   };
 
   packagesRequiringX = [
@@ -882,10 +885,6 @@ let
       PKG_LIBS = "-L${pkgs.blas}/lib -lblas -L${pkgs.lapack}/lib -llapack";
     });
 
-    EMCluster = old.EMCluster.overrideDerivation (attrs: {
-      patches = [ ./patches/EMCluster.patch ];
-    });
-
     spMC = old.spMC.overrideDerivation (attrs: {
       patches = [ ./patches/spMC.patch ];
     });
diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/EMCluster.patch b/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/EMCluster.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index afc9de3a95a9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/EMCluster.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru -x '*~' EMCluster_orig/src/Makevars EMCluster/src/Makevars
---- EMCluster_orig/src/Makevars	2013-07-05 02:43:25.000000000 +0900
-+++ EMCluster/src/Makevars	2014-10-25 18:10:19.190992120 +0900
-@@ -1 +1 @@
--PKG_LIBS = $(FLIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(LAPACK_LIBS)
-+PKG_LIBS = $(FLIBS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS)