diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index f73c8290f6..c16648e4a8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -6547,9 +6547,6 @@ (define-public python-screed
 sequence itself can be retrieved from these databases.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
-(define-public python2-screed
-  (package-with-python2 python-screed))
-
 (define-public sra-tools
   (package
     (name "sra-tools")