diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 081a455d04..ed0c6d22fb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -23754,30 +23754,8 @@ (define-public python-cloudpickle
 is especially useful for cluster computing where Python expressions are
 shipped over the network to execute on remote hosts, possibly close to the
 data.")
-    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-cloudpickle))))
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
-(define-public python2-cloudpickle
-  (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-cloudpickle))))
-    (package/inherit base
-      (version "1.3.0")
-      (source
-       (origin
-         (method url-fetch)
-         (uri (pypi-uri "cloudpickle" version))
-         (sha256
-          (base32
-           "0lx7gy9clp427qwcm7b23zdsldpr03gy3vxxhyi8fpbhwz859brq"))))
-      (native-inputs
-       `(;; For tests.
-         ("python-mock" ,python2-mock)
-         ("python-psutil" ,python2-psutil)
-         ("python-pytest" ,python2-pytest)
-         ("python-tornado" ,python2-tornado)))
-      (propagated-inputs
-       `(("python-futures" ,python2-futures)
-         ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
-
 (define-public python-locket
   (package
     (name "python-locket")