diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index ecc19a7eb8..6dbcf67d8c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -1119,9 +1119,6 @@ (define-public python-pyxb
                    license:gpl2      ; bundled jquery in doc is dual MIT/GPL2
                    license:psfl))))  ; pyxb/utils/activestate.py
 
-(define-public python2-pyxb
-  (package-with-python2 python-pyxb))
-
 (define-public xmlto
   (package
     (name "xmlto")