diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-compression.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-compression.scm
index 5aeced44eb..e4565955b0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-compression.scm
@@ -281,33 +281,6 @@ (define-public rust-bzip2-0.4
 exposed as Reader/Writer streams.")
     (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
 
-(define-public rust-bzip2-0.3
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-bzip2-0.4)
-    (name "rust-bzip2")
-    (version "0.3.3")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (crate-uri "bzip2" version))
-       (file-name
-        (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "0fvfwanp42j1zpig880jhb5mc0na50bijmwd6211p77sy35w7ds2"))))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:skip-build? #t
-       #:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-bzip2-sys" ,rust-bzip2-sys-0.1)
-        ("rust-futures" ,rust-futures-0.1)
-        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
-        ("rust-tokio-io" ,rust-tokio-io-0.1))
-       #:cargo-development-inputs
-       (("rust-partial-io" ,rust-partial-io-0.2)
-        ("rust-quickcheck" ,rust-quickcheck-0.4)
-        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.3)
-        ("rust-tokio-core" ,rust-tokio-core-0.1))))))
-
 (define-public rust-bzip2-rs-0.1
   (package
     (name "rust-bzip2-rs")