diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 967e3d59bb..54f56b0785 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -8201,37 +8201,6 @@ programs.")
         ("rust-parking" ,rust-parking-1)
         ("rust-waker-fn" ,rust-waker-fn-1))))))
 
-(define-public rust-boomphf-0.5
-  (package
-    (name "rust-boomphf")
-    (version "0.5.9")
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (crate-uri "boomphf" version))
-        (file-name
-         (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-        (sha256
-         (base32 "0braniw72g9yq5006sfgc1g8d4317bb524c694jw6nggizrvg3sf"))))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-crossbeam-utils" ,rust-crossbeam-utils-0.8)
-        ("rust-log" ,rust-log-0.4)
-        ("rust-rayon" ,rust-rayon-1)
-        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
-        ("rust-wyhash" ,rust-wyhash-0.5))
-       #:cargo-development-inputs
-       (("rust-bencher" ,rust-bencher-0.1)
-        ("rust-quickcheck" ,rust-quickcheck-1))))
-    (home-page "https://github.com/10XGenomics/rust-boomphf")
-    (synopsis "Scalable and Efficient Minimal Perfect Hash Functions")
-    (description "This package provides a Rust implementation of
-@url{https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03154, fast and scalable minimal perfect hashing
-for massive key sets}.  It generates an @acronym{MPHF, minimal perfect hash
-functions} for a collection of hashable objects.")
-    (license license:expat)))
-
 (define-public rust-boxfnonce-0.1
   (package
     (name "rust-boxfnonce")