diff --git a/gnu/packages/golang.scm b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
index 30e726a103..99180c6638 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/golang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
@@ -3049,31 +3049,6 @@ (define-public go-github-com-libp2p-go-libp2p-protocol
       (description "Just a type for protocol strings.  Nothing more.")
       (license license:expat))))
 
-(define-public go-github-com-whyrusleeping-tar-utils
-  (let ((commit "8c6c8ba81d5c71fd69c0f48dbde4b2fb422b6dfc")
-        (revision "0"))
-    (package
-      (name "go-github-com-whyrusleeping-tar-utils")
-      (version (git-version "0.0.0" revision commit))
-      (source
-       (origin
-         (method git-fetch)
-         (uri (git-reference
-               (url "https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils")
-               (commit commit)))
-         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-         (sha256
-          (base32
-           "14jjdw3yics0k467xsyk388684wdpi0bbx8nqj0y4pqxa0s0in6s"))))
-      (build-system go-build-system)
-      (arguments
-       '(#:import-path
-         "github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils"))
-      (home-page "https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils")
-      (synopsis "Tar utilities extracted from go-ipfs codebase")
-      (description "Tar utilities extracted from @command{go-ipfs} codebase.")
-      (license license:expat))))
-
 (define-public go-github-com-sabhiram-go-gitignore
   (let ((commit "525f6e181f062064d83887ed2530e3b1ba0bc95a")
         (revision "1"))