diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 241ad5e221..33f9380236 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -885,49 +885,6 @@ (define-public pixz
 tarballs.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
 
-(define-public brotli
-  (let ((commit "e992cce7a174d6e2b3486616499d26bb0bad6448")
-        (revision "1"))
-    (package
-      (name "brotli")
-      (version (string-append "0.1-" revision "."
-                              (string-take commit 7)))
-      (source (origin
-                (method git-fetch)
-                (uri (git-reference
-                      (url "https://github.com/bagder/libbrotli.git")
-                      (commit commit)
-                      (recursive? #t)))
-                (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
-                (sha256
-                 (base32
-                  "1qxxsasvwbbbh6dl3138y9h3fg0q2v7xdk5jjc690bdg7g1wrj6n"))
-                (modules '((guix build utils)))
-                (snippet '(begin
-                            ;; This is a recursive submodule that is
-                            ;; unnecessary for this package, so delete it.
-                            (delete-file-recursively "brotli/terryfy")
-                            #t))))
-      (build-system gnu-build-system)
-      (native-inputs
-       `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
-         ("automake" ,automake)
-         ("libtool" ,libtool)))
-      (arguments
-       `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                    (add-after 'unpack 'autogen
-                      (lambda _
-                        (mkdir "m4")
-                        (invoke "autoreconf" "-vfi"))))))
-      (home-page "https://github.com/bagder/libbrotli/")
-      (synopsis "Implementation of the Brotli compression algorithm")
-      (description
-       "Brotli is a general-purpose lossless compression algorithm.  It is
-similar in speed to deflate but offers denser compression.  This package
-provides encoder and a decoder libraries: libbrotlienc and libbrotlidec,
-respectively, based on the reference implementation from Google.")
-      (license license:expat))))
-
 (define-public bsdiff
   (package
     (name "bsdiff")
@@ -1885,6 +1842,10 @@ (define-public google-brotli
 The specification of the Brotli Compressed Data Format is defined in RFC 7932.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public brotli
+  ;; We used to provide an older version under the name "brotli".
+  (deprecated-package "brotli" google-brotli))
+
 (define-public ucl
   (package
     (name "ucl")