diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 49f2b45835..51e4f39a31 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -60650,28 +60650,6 @@ (define-public rust-tempfile-3
     (license (list license:asl2.0
                    license:expat))))
 
-(define-public rust-tempfile-2
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-tempfile-3)
-    (name "rust-tempfile")
-    (version "2.2.0")
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (crate-uri "tempfile" version))
-        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-        (sha256
-         (base32
-          "1q61byf232rra0vqxp4qp10wwwqsqqd45qjj80ql5f34vgljzkhi"))))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-kernel32-sys" ,rust-kernel32-sys-0.2)
-        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
-        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.3)
-        ("rust-redox-syscall" ,rust-redox-syscall-0.1)
-        ("rust-winapi" ,rust-winapi-0.2))))))
-
 (define-public rust-temporary-0.6
   (package
     (name "rust-temporary")