diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 28a10bb90e..00971cd0fd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -865,68 +865,6 @@ (define-public kicad
 electrical diagrams), gerbview (viewing Gerber files) and others.")
       (license license:gpl3+)))
 
-(define-public kicad-library
-  (let ((version "4.0.7"))
-    (package
-      (name "kicad-library")
-      (version version)
-      (source
-       (origin
-         (method url-fetch)
-         (uri (string-append
-               "https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/libraries/kicad-library-"
-               version ".tar.gz"))
-         (sha256
-          (base32 "1azb7v1y3l6j329r9gg7f4zlg0wz8nh4s4i5i0l9s4yh9r6i9zmv"))))
-      (build-system cmake-build-system)
-      (arguments
-       `(#:out-of-source? #t
-         #:tests? #f                    ; no tests
-         #:phases
-         (modify-phases %standard-phases
-           (add-after 'install 'install-footprints ; from footprints tarball
-             (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-               (invoke "tar" "xvf"
-                       (assoc-ref inputs "kicad-footprints")
-                       "-C" (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
-                                           "/share/kicad/modules")
-                       "--strip-components=1")))
-           ;; We change the default global footprint file, which is generated if
-           ;; it doesn't exist in user's home directory, from the one using the
-           ;; github plugin, to the one using the KISYSMOD environment path.
-           (add-after 'install-footprints 'use-pretty-footprint-table
-             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-               (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                      (template-dir (string-append out "/share/kicad/template"))
-                      (fp-lib-table (string-append template-dir "/fp-lib-table")))
-                 (delete-file fp-lib-table)
-                 (copy-file (string-append fp-lib-table ".for-pretty")
-                            fp-lib-table))
-               #t)))))
-      (native-search-paths
-       (list (search-path-specification
-              (variable "KISYSMOD")     ; footprint path
-              (files '("share/kicad/modules")))
-             (search-path-specification
-              (variable "KISYS3DMOD")   ; 3D model path
-              (files '("share/kicad/modules/packages3d")))))
-      ;; Kicad distributes footprints in a separate tarball.
-      (native-inputs
-       `(("kicad-footprints"
-          ,(origin
-             (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append
-                   "http://downloads.kicad-pcb.org/libraries/kicad-footprints-"
-                   version ".tar.gz"))
-             (sha256
-              (base32
-               "08qrz5zzsb5127jlnv24j0sgiryd5nqwg3lfnwi8j9a25agqk13j"))))))
-      (home-page "https://kicad-pcb.org/")
-      (synopsis "Libraries for kicad")
-      (description "This package provides Kicad component, footprint and 3D
-render model libraries.")
-      (license license:lgpl2.0+))))
-
 (define-public kicad-symbols
   (package
     (name "kicad-symbols")