diff --git a/gnu/packages/dbm.scm b/gnu/packages/dbm.scm
index 76599685b83..e203d22e1ca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/dbm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/dbm.scm
@@ -65,99 +65,6 @@
         (("AC_DEFINE\\(HAVE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_FILES\\)")
          "AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_FILES, [], [Description])"))))
 
-(define-public bdb-4.8
-  (package
-    (name "bdb")
-    (version "4.8.30")
-    (license (license:non-copyleft "file://LICENSE"
-                                   "See LICENSE in the distribution."))
-    (source (origin
-             (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append "https://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-"
-                                 version ".tar.gz"))
-             (sha256
-              (base32
-               "0ampbl2f0hb1nix195kz1syrqqxpmvnvnfvphambj7xjrl3iljg0"))
-             (patches (search-patches "bdb-5.3-atomics-on-gcc-9.patch"))
-             (modules '((guix build utils)
-                        (srfi srfi-1)))
-             (snippet bdb-snippet)))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (outputs '("out"                             ; programs, libraries, headers
-               "doc"))                           ; 94 MiB of HTML docs
-    (arguments
-     (list #:tests? #f                        ; no check target available
-           #:disallowed-references '("doc")
-           #:out-of-source? #true
-           #:configure-flags
-           #~(list
-              #$@(if (target-ppc64le?)
-                     #~("CFLAGS=-g -O2 -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration -fpermissive")
-                     #~("CFLAGS=-g -O2 -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"))
-              ;; Remove 7 MiB of .a files.
-              "--disable-static"
-
-              ;; The compatibility mode is needed by some packages,
-              ;; notably iproute2.
-              "--enable-compat185"
-
-              ;; The following flag is needed so that the inclusion
-              ;; of db_cxx.h into C++ files works; it leads to
-              ;; HAVE_CXX_STDHEADERS being defined in db_cxx.h.
-              "--enable-cxx")
-           #:phases
-           #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
-               (replace 'bootstrap
-                 (lambda* (#:key inputs native-inputs outputs
-                           #:allow-other-keys #:rest arguments)
-                   (with-directory-excursion "dist"
-                     (for-each (lambda (x)
-                                 (install-file x "aclocal"))
-                               (find-files "aclocal_java"))
-                     (apply (assq-ref %standard-phases 'bootstrap) arguments)
-                     (let ((automake-files (search-input-directory
-                                            (or native-inputs inputs)
-                                            "share/automake-1.16")))
-                       (define (replace file)
-                         (symlink (string-append automake-files "/" file) file))
-                       (for-each replace '("config.sub" "config.guess"
-                                           "install-sh"))))))
-               #$@(if (or (target-arm?)
-                          (target-riscv64?))
-                      #~((add-after 'unpack 'bdb-configure-patch
-                           (lambda _
-                             (invoke
-                              "patch" "-p1" "-i"
-                              #$(local-file
-                                 (search-patch "bdb-4-5-configure.patch"))))))
-                      #~())
-               (add-before 'configure 'pre-configure
-                 (lambda _
-                   (chdir "dist")
-                   ;; '--docdir' is not honored, so we need to patch.
-                   (substitute* "Makefile.in"
-                     (("docdir[[:blank:]]*=.*")
-                      (string-append "docdir = " #$output:doc
-                                     "/share/doc/bdb")))
-                   ;; Replace __EDIT_DB_VERSION__... by actual version numbers.
-                   ;; s_config is responsible for this, but also runs autoconf
-                   ;; again, so patch out the autoconf bits.
-                   (substitute* "s_config"
-                     (("^.*(aclocal|autoconf|autoheader|config\\.hin).*$") "")
-                     (("^.*auto4mte.*$") "")
-                     (("rm (.*) configure") "")
-                     (("chmod (.*) config.guess(.*)$") ""))
-                   (invoke "sh" "s_config"))))))
-    (native-inputs (list autoconf automake-1.16.5 libtool))
-    (synopsis "Berkeley database")
-    (description
-     "Berkeley DB is an embeddable database allowing developers the choice of
-SQL, Key/Value, XML/XQuery or Java Object storage for their data model.")
-    ;; Starting with version 6, BDB is distributed under AGPL3. Many individual
-    ;; files are covered by the 3-clause BSD license.
-    (home-page
-     "http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/berkeley-db/overview/index.html")))
-
 (define-public bdb-5.3
   (package
     (name "bdb")