diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 674f343691..a4584140a5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -9528,9 +9528,6 @@ (define-public python-tables
 designed to efficiently cope with extremely large amounts of data.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
-(define-public python2-tables
-  (package-with-python2 python-tables))
-
 (define-public python-sniffio
   (package
     (name "python-sniffio")