diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index 9b896e879c..fd13a24036 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -2210,9 +2210,6 @@ (define-public python-lit
 failures.")
     (license license:ncsa)))
 
-(define-public python2-lit
-  (package-with-python2 python-lit))
-
 (define-public python-pytest-pep8
   (package
     (name "python-pytest-pep8")