diff --git a/gnu/packages/sequoia.scm b/gnu/packages/sequoia.scm
index ad84904758..6e09bb2e9c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sequoia.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sequoia.scm
@@ -21,23 +21,17 @@ (define-module (gnu packages sequoia)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cargo)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
   #:use-module (guix download)
-  #:use-module (guix git-download)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)  ; glibc
-  #:use-module (gnu packages check) ;; python-pytest
   #:use-module (gnu packages crates-io)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages libffi) ;; python-cffi
   #:use-module (gnu packages llvm)
   #:use-module (gnu packages multiprecision)
   #:use-module (gnu packages nettle)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)  ;python-setuptools
-  #:use-module (gnu packages rust)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls))
 
 (define-public rust-sequoia-autocrypt-0.25
@@ -541,117 +535,6 @@ (define-public sequoia-sqv
 This Guix package is built to use the nettle cryptographic library.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 
-(define (sequoia-package-origin version)
-  (origin
-    (method git-fetch)
-    (uri (git-reference
-          (url "https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia.git")
-          (commit (string-append "openpgp/v" version))))
-    (sha256
-     (base32 "1cq1xgvllbpii5hfl3wlia2ayznpvhv8lq8g8ygwxga86ijg98lq"))
-    (file-name (git-file-name "sequoia" version))
-    (patches (search-patches "libsequoia-remove-store.patch"
-                             "libsequoia-fix-ffi-Makefile.patch"))))
-
-(define-public libsequoia
-  (package
-    (name "libsequoia")
-    (version "0.22.0")
-    (source (sequoia-package-origin "1.6.0"))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
-    (outputs '("out" "python"))
-    (native-inputs
-     (list clang pkg-config python-pytest python-pytest-runner
-           python-wrapper))
-    (inputs
-     (list gmp nettle openssl python python-cffi))
-    (arguments
-     (list
-      #:tests? #f ;; TODO make python tests find the shared object file
-      #:cargo-inputs
-      `(("rust-anyhow" ,rust-anyhow-1)
-        ("rust-lazy-static" ,rust-lazy-static-1)
-        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
-        ("rust-memsec" ,rust-memsec-0.6)
-        ("rust-native-tls" ,rust-native-tls-0.2)
-        ("rust-proc-macro2" ,rust-proc-macro2-1)  ;; for ffi-macros
-        ("rust-quote" ,rust-quote-1)  ;; for ffi-macros
-        ("rust-sequoia-ipc" ,rust-sequoia-ipc-0.26)
-        ("rust-sequoia-net" ,rust-sequoia-net-0.23)
-        ("rust-sequoia-openpgp" ,rust-sequoia-openpgp-1)
-        ("rust-sha2" ,rust-sha2-0.8)  ;; for ffi-macros
-        ("rust-tokio" ,rust-tokio-1))
-      #:cargo-development-inputs
-      `(("rust-filetime" ,rust-filetime-0.2))
-      #:phases
-      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
-          (add-after 'configure 'set-PREFIX
-            (lambda _
-              (setenv "PREFIX" #$output)))
-          (replace 'build
-            (lambda _
-              (invoke "make" "-C" "openpgp-ffi" "build-release")
-              (invoke "make" "-C" "ffi" "build-release")))
-          (delete 'package)  ;; cargo can't package a multi-crate workspace
-          (replace 'check
-            (lambda* (#:key tests?  #:allow-other-keys)
-              (when tests?
-                (begin
-                  (invoke "make" "-C" "openpgp-ffi" "check")
-                  (invoke "make" "-C" "ffi" "check")))))
-          (replace 'install
-            (lambda _
-              (invoke "make" "-C" "openpgp-ffi" "install")
-              (invoke "make" "-C" "ffi" "install")))
-          (add-after 'configure 'fix-build-environment
-            (lambda _
-              (delete-file "Cargo.toml")
-              (symlink "../.cargo" "openpgp-ffi/.cargo")
-              (symlink "../.cargo" "ffi/.cargo")
-              (for-each delete-file-recursively
-                       (find-files "guix-vendor" "^sequoia-[0-9]+\\.*"
-                                   #:directories? #t))))
-          (add-after 'unpack 'fix-for-python-output
-            (lambda _
-              (substitute* "ffi/lang/python/Makefile"
-                ;; adjust prefix for python package
-                (("PREFIX\\s*\\??=.*")
-                (string-append "PREFIX = " (pk #$output:python) "\n"))
-                ;; fix rpath to include the main package
-                (("\\WLDFLAGS=" text)
-                 (string-append text "'-Wl,-rpath=" #$output "/lib '"))
-                ;; make setuptools install into the prefix, see
-                ;; guix/build/python-build-system.scm for explanation
-               (("\\ssetup.py\\s+install\\s")
-                " setup.py install --root=/ --single-version-externally-managed "))))
-          (add-after 'unpack 'fix-Makefiles
-            (lambda _
-              (substitute* '("openpgp-ffi/Makefile")
-                (("^check-headers: force-build") "check-headers:"))))
-          (add-after 'unpack 'remove-other-crypto-features
-           (lambda _
-             (substitute* '("openpgp-ffi/Cargo.toml" "ffi/Cargo.toml")
-               (("^crypto-cng =" line) (string-append "# " line))
-               (("^crypto-rust =" line) (string-append "# " line)))))
-          (add-after 'unpack 'fix-missing-feature
-            (lambda _
-              (substitute* '("ffi/Cargo.toml")
-               (("^(tokio = .* features = \\[)" line)
-                (string-append line "\"net\", ")))))
-          (add-after 'unpack 'unbundle-crates
-            (lambda _
-              (substitute* '("openpgp-ffi/Cargo.toml" "ffi/Cargo.toml")
-                (("path = \"\\.\\./(openpgp|store|net|ipc)\",") "")))))))
-    (home-page "https://sequoia-pgp.org")
-    (synopsis "C/FFI interfaces for Sequoia-PGP")
-    (description "This package provides a C and FFI interface to both the
-low-level and a high-level API of Sequoia-PGP.
-
-Use with caution: This is an \"unofficial\" package, which are not officially
-released, but part of the Sequoia-PGP v1.6.0 archive.  So this package might
-even go away.")
-    (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
-
 (define-public sequoia
   (package
     (name "sequoia")