diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 875908505c..0746af24a1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -5549,32 +5549,6 @@ (define-public python2-openid
 for clients and servers.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
-;; This is named "python3-openid" upstream, but python-python3-openid
-;; is too much of an tautology.
-(define-public python-openid
-  (package
-    (name "python-openid")
-    (version "3.0.10")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (pypi-uri "python3-openid" version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "1x3nh3fycqfn43jp5j5pb4q4y2jxp4mdka4absaa3bc0078qd758"))))
-    (propagated-inputs
-     `(("python-defusedxml" ,python-defusedxml)))
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("python-coverage" ,python-coverage)))
-    (build-system python-build-system)
-    (home-page "https://github.com/necaris/python3-openid")
-    (synopsis "OpenID support for modern servers and consumers")
-    (description
-     "This library provides OpenID authentication for Python, both
-for clients and servers.  This package provides the Python 3 port
-of python-openid.")
-    (license license:asl2.0)))
-
 (define-public python-urwidtrees
   (package
     (name "python-urwidtrees")