diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index c16648e4a8..7f0b6bebea 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -12370,9 +12370,6 @@ bgzipped text file that contains a pair of genomic coordinates per line.")
 fasta subsequences.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
-(define-public python2-pyfaidx
-  (package-with-python2 python-pyfaidx))
-
 (define-public python-cooler
   (package
     (name "python-cooler")