diff --git a/gnu/packages/matrix.scm b/gnu/packages/matrix.scm
index 9ac999b5fd..2ba6d8ba1f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/matrix.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/matrix.scm
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ (define-public python-matrix-nio
      (list python-aiofiles
            python-aiohttp
            python-aiohttp-socks
-           python-atomicwrites-1.4
+           python-atomicwrites
            python-cachetools
            python-future
            python-h11
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 91bed915d8..f54bf340f5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -13498,17 +13498,6 @@ (define-public python-atomicwrites
     (home-page "https://github.com/untitaker/python-atomicwrites")
     (license license:expat)))
 
-(define-public python-atomicwrites-1.4
-  (package
-    (inherit python-atomicwrites)
-    (version "1.4.0")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (pypi-uri "atomicwrites" version))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0yla2svfhfqrcj8qbyqzx7wi4jy0dwcxvlkg0k3zjd54s5m3jw5f"))))))
-
 (define-public python-qstylizer
   (package
     (name "python-qstylizer")