diff --git a/gnu/packages/irods.scm b/gnu/packages/irods.scm
index e955c353a0b..08f4773cc63 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/irods.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/irods.scm
@@ -43,125 +43,3 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages serialization)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
-
-(define-public irods
-  (package
-    (name "irods")
-    (version "4.2.8")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/irods/irods/releases/download/"
-                                  version "/irods-" version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0ny54c3r0j692rvbr4iibg7xgd2i7g9x8yyrw04j889bywix14rc"))))
-    (build-system cmake-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags
-       (list
-        "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
-        (string-append "-DCMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
-                       (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib")
-        (string-append "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
-                       (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib")
-        (string-append "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
-                       (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib")
-
-        ;; Configuration aborts if no generator format is set
-        "-DCPACK_GENERATOR=TGZ"
-
-        ;; Configuration attempts to guess the distribution with Python.
-        "-DIRODS_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_NAME=guix"
-        "-DIRODS_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION_MAJOR=1"
-
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_CLANG="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "clang"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_CLANG_RUNTIME="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "clang-runtime"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_CPPZMQ="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "cppzmq"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_ARCHIVE="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libarchive"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_AVRO="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "avro-cpp"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_BOOST="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "boost"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_ZMQ="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "zeromq"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_JSON="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "json"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_CATCH2="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "catch2"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_NANODBC="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "nanodbc"))
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_EXTERNALS_FULLPATH_FMT="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "fmt")))
-
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'unset-Werror
-           (lambda _
-             ;; -Werror kills the build due to a comparison REQUIRE(errs.size() == err->len);
-             ;; in unit_tests/src/test_irods_lifetime_manager.cpp
-             (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
-               (("-Werror") ""))))
-         (add-after 'unpack 'remove-FHS-and-prefix-assumptions
-           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (substitute* '("CMakeLists.txt"
-                            "cmake/server.cmake"
-                            "cmake/development_library.cmake"
-                            "cmake/runtime_library.cmake")
-               (("usr/") ""))
-             (substitute* "lib/core/src/irods_default_paths.cpp"
-               (("path.append\\(\"usr\"\\)") "path")
-               (("path.remove_filename\\(\\).remove_filename\\(\\).remove_filename\\(\\)")
-                "path.remove_filename().remove_filename()"))
-             (substitute* "scripts/irods/paths.py"
-               (("'usr', 'lib', 'irods'") "'lib', 'irods'"))
-             (substitute* "scripts/irods/pypyodbc.py"
-               (("\"/usr/lib/libodbc.so\"")
-                (search-input-file inputs "/lib/libodbc.so")))))
-         (add-after 'set-paths 'adjust-CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
-           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((gcc (assoc-ref inputs  "gcc")))
-               (setenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"
-                       (string-join
-                        (cons* (search-input-directory inputs "/include/c++/v1")
-                               (search-input-directory inputs "/include/catch2")
-                               (search-input-directory inputs "/include/nlohmann")
-                               ;; Hide GCC's C++ headers so that they do not interfere with
-                               ;; the Clang headers.
-                               (delete (string-append gcc "/include/c++")
-                                       (string-split (getenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH")
-                                                     #\:)))
-                        ":"))
-               (format #true
-                       "environment variable `CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH' changed to ~a~%"
-                       (getenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"))))))))
-    (inputs
-     `(("avro-cpp" ,avro-cpp-1.9-for-irods)
-       ("boost" ,boost-for-irods)
-       ("cppzmq" ,cppzmq)
-       ("fmt" ,fmt-6)
-       ("json" ,nlohmann-json)
-       ("libarchive" ,libarchive)
-       ("libcxxabi" ,libcxxabi-6) ; we need this for linking with -lc++abi
-       ("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
-       ("mit-krb5" ,mit-krb5)
-       ("nanodbc" ,nanodbc-for-irods)
-       ("openssl" ,openssl)
-       ("python" ,python-wrapper)
-       ("unixodbc" ,unixodbc)
-       ("zeromq" ,zeromq)))
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("catch2" ,catch2)
-       ("clang" ,clang-toolchain-6)
-       ("clang-runtime" ,clang-runtime-6)
-       ("libcxx+libcxxabi" ,libcxx+libcxxabi-6)))
-    (home-page "https://irods.org")
-    (synopsis "Data management software")
-    (description "The Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS) is data
-management software.  iRODS virtualizes data storage resources, so users can
-take control of their data, regardless of where and on what device the data is
-stored.")
-    (license license:bsd-3)))