diff --git a/gnu/packages/irods.scm b/gnu/packages/irods.scm
index a14ac87aa26..e955c353a0b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/irods.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/irods.scm
@@ -165,104 +165,3 @@ 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)))
-
-(define-public irods-client-icommands
-  (package
-    (name "irods-client-icommands")
-    (version "4.2.8")
-    (source (origin
-              (method git-fetch)
-              (uri (git-reference
-                    (url "https://github.com/irods/irods_client_icommands")
-                    (commit version)))
-              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "069n647p5ypf44gim8z26mwayg5lzgk7r9qyyqd8f9n7h0p4jxpn"))))
-    (build-system cmake-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #false ; not clear how to run tests
-       #:configure-flags
-       (list
-        "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
-
-        ;; Configuration attempts to guess the distribution with Python.
-        "-DIRODS_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_NAME=guix"
-        "-DIRODS_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION_MAJOR=1"
-
-        (string-append "-DIRODS_DIR="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "irods")
-                       "/lib/irods/cmake")
-        (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_FMT="
-                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "fmt")))
-
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'unset-Werror ;
-           (lambda _                           ;
-             ;; -Werror kills the build due to a deprecation warning
-             (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt" ;
-               (("-Werror") ""))))
-         (add-after 'unpack 'remove-/usr-prefix
-           (lambda _
-             (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
-               (("usr/") ""))))
-         (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/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)
-       ("irods" ,irods)
-       ("json" ,nlohmann-json)
-       ("libarchive" ,libarchive)
-       ("libcxxabi" ,libcxxabi-6)     ; we need this for linking with -lc++abi
-       ("mit-krb5" ,mit-krb5)
-       ("openssl" ,openssl)
-       ("zeromq" ,zeromq)))
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("clang" ,clang-toolchain-6)
-       ("clang-runtime" ,clang-runtime-6)
-       ("libcxx+libcxxabi" ,libcxx+libcxxabi-6)
-       ("help2man" ,help2man)
-       ("which" ,which)))
-    (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)))