diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-gtk.scm
index 14ac194fc6..403c1f2aef 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-gtk.scm
@@ -1160,31 +1160,6 @@
        #:cargo-development-inputs
        (("rust-tempfile" ,rust-tempfile-3))))))
 
-(define-public rust-glib-0.8
-  (package
-    (inherit rust-glib-0.9)
-    (name "rust-glib")
-    (version "0.8.2")
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (crate-uri "glib" version))
-        (file-name
-         (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-        (sha256
-         (base32
-          "0ysy87zrwyzhfpf3d8rkyyr3amwj85wky05fsl7kx95s84l269xy"))))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
-       (("rust-bitflags" ,rust-bitflags-1)
-        ("rust-futures-preview" ,rust-futures-preview-0.3)
-        ("rust-glib-sys" ,rust-glib-sys-0.9)
-        ("rust-gobject-sys" ,rust-gobject-sys-0.9)
-        ("rust-lazy-static" ,rust-lazy-static-1)
-        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2))
-       #:cargo-development-inputs
-       (("rust-tempfile" ,rust-tempfile-3))))))
-
 (define-public rust-glib-macros-0.15
   (package
     (name "rust-glib-macros")