diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 7caaed3ba7..968a84de93 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -29829,32 +29829,6 @@ (define-public rust-inotify-0.7
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-tempdir" ,rust-tempdir-0.3))))))
 
-(define-public rust-inotify-0.6
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-inotify-0.7)
-    (name "rust-inotify")
-    (version "0.6.1")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (crate-uri "inotify" version))
-       (file-name
-        (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "0627k5aq44knjlrc09hl017nxap3svpl79przf26y3ciycwlbda0"))))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-bitflags" ,rust-bitflags-1)
-        ("rust-futures" ,rust-futures-0.1)
-        ("rust-inotify-sys" ,rust-inotify-sys-0.1)
-        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
-        ("rust-mio" ,rust-mio-0.6)
-        ("rust-tokio-io" ,rust-tokio-io-0.1)
-        ("rust-tokio-reactor" ,rust-tokio-reactor-0.1))
-       #:cargo-development-inputs
-       (("rust-tempdir" ,rust-tempdir-0.3))))))
-
 (define-public rust-inotify-sys-0.1
   (package
     (name "rust-inotify-sys")