diff --git a/gnu/packages/node.scm b/gnu/packages/node.scm
index be39f3b25a..6137ed1dd3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/node.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/node.scm
@@ -887,7 +887,6 @@ (define-public node-lts
            brotli
            `(,nghttp2 "lib")
            openssl-1.1
-           python-wrapper ;; for node-gyp (supports python3)
            zlib))))
 
 (define-public libnode