diff --git a/gnu/packages/code.scm b/gnu/packages/code.scm
index 7e8a361967..c3efd15e44 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
     ;; Needed to have cflow-mode.el installed.
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
 
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/cflow/")
     (synopsis "Create a graph of control flow within a program")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 57181f6e5f..bd535a3156 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ pictures, sounds, or video.")
                                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash:include")
                                       "/include/bash"))))
 
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
                      ("bc" ,bc)
                      ("bash:include" ,bash "include")
                      ("libuuid" ,util-linux)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 3a6c2d1705..709dfe44c4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ editor (without an X toolkit)" )
                                            "geiser-autoloads.el")))
                  %standard-phases)))
     (inputs `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)))
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (home-page "http://nongnu.org/geiser/")
     (synopsis "Collection of Emacs modes for Guile and Racket hacking")
     (description
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ metadata.")
                (base32
                 "0pp3n8q6kc70blqsaw0zlzp6bc327dpgdrjr0cnh7hqg1lras7ka"))))
     (build-system trivial-build-system)
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (arguments
      `(#:modules ((guix build utils)
                   (guix build emacs-utils))
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ when typing parentheses directly or commenting out code line by line.")
                                       (lisp (string-append
                                              out "/share/emacs/site-lisp/")))
                                  (emacs-generate-autoloads ,name lisp)))))))
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/magit/git-modes")
     (synopsis "Emacs major modes for Git configuration files")
     (description
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ on stdout instead of using a socket as the Emacsclient does.")
                "0im1jrqw29g5anrrjflj6b2gpyqkvpghnq8zvywxyhmjwzar4rn7"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("texinfo" ,texinfo)
-                     ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+                     ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (inputs `(("git" ,git)))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("dash" ,emacs-dash)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ operations.")
                (base32
                 "04y88j7q9h8xjbx5dbick6n5nr1522sn9i1znp0qwk3vjb4b5mzz"))))
     (build-system trivial-build-system)
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
                      ("tar" ,tar)
                      ("gzip" ,gzip)))
     (propagated-inputs `(("dash" ,emacs-dash)
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ support for Git-SVN.")
               (sha256
                (base32 "1kxc2yj8vb122dv91r68h7c5ladcryx963fr16plfhg71fv7f9av"))))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+     `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ programs.")
                      (setenv "PATH" (string-append emacs "/bin"))
                      (emacs-byte-compile-directory lispdir)
                      #t))))
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (home-page "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/let-alist.html")
     (synopsis "Easily let-bind values of an assoc-list by their names")
     (description
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ provides an optional IDE-like error list.")
                "0zfxmq86pwk64yv0426gnjrvhjrgrjqn08sdcdhmmjmfpmqvm79y"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
-                     ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+                     ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (inputs `(("w3m" ,w3m)
               ("imagemagick" ,imagemagick)))
     (arguments
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ provides an optional IDE-like error list.")
               (base32 "10byvyv9dk0ib55gfqm7bcpxmx2qbih1jd03gmihrppr2mn52nff"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("wget" ,wget)))
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (arguments
      `(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
                   (guix build utils)
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ provides an optional IDE-like error list.")
                        (chmod target #o555)))
                    %standard-phases)))
        #:tests? #f))
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)       ;for (guix build emacs-utils)
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)    ;for (guix build emacs-utils)
                      ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (inputs `(("alsa-utils" ,alsa-utils)
               ("vorbis-tools" ,vorbis-tools)
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ light user interface.")
                      (with-directory-excursion site
                        (symlink "bbdb-loaddefs.el" "bbdb-autoloads.el"))))
                  %standard-phases)))
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (home-page "http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/")
     (synopsis "Contact management utility for Emacs")
     (description
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ or XEmacs.")
     (native-inputs
      `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
        ("automake" ,automake)
-       ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+       ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/purcell/mmm-mode")
     (synopsis "Allow multiple major modes in an Emacs buffer")
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ single buffer.")
     (native-inputs `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
                      ("automake" ,automake)
                      ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-                     ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+                     ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("let-alist" ,let-alist)))
     (inputs `(("poppler" ,poppler)
@@ -1530,8 +1530,6 @@ debugging, documentation lookup, and so on.")
                (base32
                 "1yrgfj8y69xmcb6kwgplhq68ndm9410qwh7sd2knnd1gchpphdc0"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/auto-complete/popup-el")
     (synopsis "Visual Popup User Interface for Emacs")
     (description
@@ -1579,8 +1577,6 @@ insertion mode.  When enabled all keys are implicitly prefixed with
                (base32
                 "0ympj5rxig383zl2jf0pzdsa80nnq0dpvjiriq0ivfi98fj7kxbz"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
     (synopsis "Prettify Request for Comments (RFC) documents")
     (description "The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet
 Society (ISOC) publish various Internet-related protocols and specifications
@@ -1605,8 +1601,6 @@ local directories.")
                (base32
                 "1iv61dv57a73mdps7rn6zmgz7nqh14v0ninidyrasy45b1nv6gck"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
     (synopsis "Make ffap recognize an RFC with a space before its number")
     (description "The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the
 Internet Society (ISOC) publish various Internet-related protocols and
diff --git a/gnu/packages/finance.scm b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
index b511d2c951..23faead747 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/finance.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ line client and a client based on Qt.")
        ("tzdata" ,tzdata)
        ("utfcpp" ,utfcpp)))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+     `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
        ("groff" ,groff)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (home-page "http://ledger-cli.org/")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/idutils.scm b/gnu/packages/idutils.scm
index 7a8e1c6752..63760c84e9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/idutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/idutils.scm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                "1hmai3422iaqnp34kkzxdnywl7n7pvlxp11vrw66ybxn9wxg90c1"))
              (patches (search-patches "diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/idutils/")
     (synopsis "Identifier database utilities")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index 0f476eb13e..39133fcff0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ repository and Maildir/IMAP as LOCAL repository.")
        ("glib" ,glib "bin")             ; for gtester
        ("autoconf" ,autoconf)
        ("automake" ,automake)
-       ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+       ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
        ("libtool" ,libtool)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     ;; TODO: Add webkit and gtk to build the mug GUI.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
index 434fb132bb..aafae51d3f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ It is developed using Objective Caml and Camlp5.")
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("which" ,which)
-       ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+       ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (inputs
      `(("host-emacs" ,emacs)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index 314dc90888..993808f10c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 
                        #t))))))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-                     ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))      ;for guix.el
+                     ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))   ;for guix.el
     (inputs
      (let ((boot-guile (lambda (arch hash)
                          (origin
diff --git a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
index ef61239cab..5871fb0b55 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ colors, styles, options and details.")
      `(("gs" ,ghostscript)              ;For tests
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)             ;For generating documentation
        ("texlive" ,texlive)             ;For tests and documentation
-       ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)
+       ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
        ("perl" ,perl)))
     (inputs
      `(("fftw" ,fftw)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/scheme.scm b/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
index 6f2ce9f51f..c378dc3349 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ threads.")
       (build-system gnu-build-system)
       (inputs
        `(("mit-scheme" ,mit-scheme)
-         ("emacs" ,emacs-no-x)))
+         ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
       (arguments
        `(#:tests? #f ;; no tests-suite
          #:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index d62abf1069..26cd11acde 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ masters from remote CVS hosts.")
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
               ("inetutils" ,inetutils))) ; for `hostname', used in the tests
-    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-no-x))) ; for `ctags'
+    (native-inputs `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal))) ; for `ctags'
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/vc-dwim/")
     (synopsis "Version-control-agnostic ChangeLog diff and commit tool")
     (description