diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index 66712da08c864a6effa1ac5c29ba04367553b1d2..f24e64432e838f83821d363aa234c26bd35e1d2b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ (define (intern tarball)
       (license license:gpl3+)
       (properties '((ftp-server . "alpha.gnu.org"))))))
 
-;; Alias for backward compatibility.
-(define-public guix-devel guix)
-
 (define-public guix-daemon
   ;; This package is for internal consumption: it allows us to quickly build
   ;; the 'guix-daemon' program and use that in (guix self), used by 'guix