diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 4d16b16c56..3efdfe606a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -19397,13 +19397,6 @@ (define-public python-xopen
      possible on all supported Python versions.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
-(define-public python2-xopen
-  (let ((base (package-with-python2
-               (strip-python2-variant python-xopen))))
-    (package/inherit base
-      (propagated-inputs `(("python2-bz2file" ,python2-bz2file)
-                           ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
-
 (define-public python-cheetah
   (package
     (name "python-cheetah")