diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index c94cacbbff..b9f3c91558 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -960,9 +960,6 @@ (define-public python-pyxdg
 Python.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0)))
 
-(define-public python2-pyxdg
-  (package-with-python2 python-pyxdg))
-
 (define-public wayland
   (package
     (name "wayland")