diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index c68e8e95d2..65cd2a5e51 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -75130,28 +75130,6 @@ streams.")
         ("rust-tectonic-status-base" ,rust-tectonic-status-base-0.2)
         ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1))))))
 
-(define-public rust-tectonic-io-base-0.2
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-tectonic-io-base-0.3)
-    (name "rust-tectonic-io-base")
-    (version "0.2.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (crate-uri "tectonic_io_base" version))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "1rjgizhprm6kc2qzsnwpgbf1n2wjfjfjnc1n3ykzia30csypdrfd"))))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:skip-build? #t
-       #:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-flate2" ,rust-flate2-1)
-        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
-        ("rust-sha2" ,rust-sha2-0.9)
-        ("rust-tectonic-errors" ,rust-tectonic-errors-0.2)
-        ("rust-tectonic-status-base" ,rust-tectonic-status-base-0.1)
-        ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1))))))
-
 (define-public rust-tectonic-pdf-io-0.4
   (package
     (name "rust-tectonic-pdf-io")