diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index c4d9568b50..e92cd17de9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -6227,29 +6227,6 @@ and no more (caveat: black_box is still missing!).")
 that uses Serde for transforming structs into bytes and vice versa!")
     (license license:expat)))
 
-(define-public rust-bincode-0.8
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-bincode-1)
-    (name "rust-bincode")
-    (version "0.8.1")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (crate-uri "bincode" version))
-       (file-name
-        (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "0nbj0lwykwa1a7sa4303rxgpng9p2hcz9s5d5qcrckrpmcxjsjkf"))))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-byteorder" ,rust-byteorder-1)
-        ("rust-num-traits" ,rust-num-traits-0.1)
-        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1))
-       #:cargo-development-inputs
-       (("rust-serde-bytes" ,rust-serde-bytes-0.10)
-        ("rust-serde-derive" ,rust-serde-derive-1))))))
-
 (define-public rust-bindgen-0.64
   (package
     (name "rust-bindgen")