diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 2067ff0af6..03821e8656 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -68952,30 +68952,6 @@ function.")
         ("rust-salsa20" ,rust-salsa20-0.9)
         ("rust-sha2" ,rust-sha2-0.10))))))
 
-(define-public rust-scrypt-0.5
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-scrypt-0.8)
-    (name "rust-scrypt")
-    (version "0.5.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (crate-uri "scrypt" version))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "1fgdmjdjx3lj92nswkxrq9nlv4vv7livg83nfybmv4izn3d9594d"))))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-base64" ,rust-base64-0.13)
-        ("rust-hmac" ,rust-hmac-0.10)
-        ("rust-pbkdf2" ,rust-pbkdf2-0.6)
-        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.7)
-        ("rust-rand-core" ,rust-rand-core-0.5)
-        ("rust-salsa20" ,rust-salsa20-0.7)
-        ("rust-sha2" ,rust-sha2-0.9)
-        ("rust-subtle" ,rust-subtle-2))))))
-
 (define-public rust-scroll-0.11
   (package
     (name "rust-scroll")