diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 22d6e88da1..0a080f3ae4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -53566,36 +53566,6 @@ (define-public rust-rustyline-6
         ("rust-rustyline-derive" ,rust-rustyline-derive-0.3)
         ("rust-tempfile" ,rust-tempfile-3))))))
 
-(define-public rust-rustyline-5
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-rustyline-6)
-    (name "rust-rustyline")
-    (version "5.0.6")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (crate-uri "rustyline" version))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "0dd6hwm3rqj8d17gf38ffs1lh3b8dqw45j5kxnvazmm80abv2g52"))))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-cfg-if" ,rust-cfg-if-0.1)
-        ("rust-dirs" ,rust-dirs-2)
-        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
-        ("rust-log" ,rust-log-0.4)
-        ("rust-memchr" ,rust-memchr-2)
-        ("rust-nix" ,rust-nix-0.14)
-        ("rust-unicode-segmentation" ,rust-unicode-segmentation-1)
-        ("rust-unicode-width" ,rust-unicode-width-0.1)
-        ("rust-utf8parse" ,rust-utf8parse-0.1)
-        ("rust-winapi" ,rust-winapi-0.3))
-       #:cargo-development-inputs
-       (("rust-assert-matches" ,rust-assert-matches-1)
-        ("rust-env-logger" ,rust-env-logger-0.7)
-        ("rust-rustyline-derive" ,rust-rustyline-derive-0.2)
-        ("rust-tempdir" ,rust-tempdir-0.3))))))
-
 (define-public rust-rustyline-derive-0.3
   (package
     (name "rust-rustyline-derive")