diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 6f247cf412..d9e5e5a54e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -4157,9 +4157,6 @@ (define-public htseq
 from high-throughput sequencing assays.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
-(define-public python2-htseq
-  (package-with-python2 htseq))
-
 (define-public java-htsjdk
   (package
     (name "java-htsjdk")