diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 323b7a7a0a..bc22118b33 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -19097,26 +19097,6 @@ (define-public rust-docopt-1
     (description "Command line argument parsing.")
     (license (list license:expat license:unlicense))))
 
-(define-public rust-docopt-0.8
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-docopt-1)
-    (name "rust-docopt")
-    (version "0.8.3")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (crate-uri "docopt" version))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "0jha611mffc2qnxvdl3pmglz07akl99lk1vihhb3nl1cd69x7b6q"))))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-lazy-static" ,rust-lazy-static-1)
-        ("rust-regex" ,rust-regex-0.2)
-        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
-        ("rust-serde-derive" ,rust-serde-derive-1)
-        ("rust-strsim" ,rust-strsim-0.6))))))
-
 (define-public rust-docopt-0.7
   (package
     (inherit rust-docopt-1)