diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index fa36431e79..ee5be3ed5d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -525,19 +525,6 @@ problems in numerical linear algebra.")
     (license (license:non-copyleft "file://LICENSE"
                                 "See LICENSE in the distribution."))))
 
-(define-public lapack-3.5
-  (package
-    (inherit lapack)
-    (version "3.5.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-"
-                           version ".tgz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "0lk3f97i9imqascnlf6wr5mjpyxqcdj73pgj97dj2mgvyg9z1n4s"))))))
-
 (define-public scalapack
   (package
     (name "scalapack")