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diff --git a/gnu/packages/flex.scm b/gnu/packages/flex.scm
index ab0d8c583d..b68b01e949 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/flex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/flex.scm
@@ -85,20 +85,3 @@ regular expressions for each rule.  Whenever it finds a match, it
 executes the corresponding C code.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
                            "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
-
-;;; Many packages fail to build with flex > 2.6.1, due to this bug in flex:
-;;; <https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/162>
-;;; We must not use a flex before 2.6.1, due to CVE-2016-6354.
-;;; TODO Try using flex > 2.6.3.
-(define-public flex-2.6.1
-  (package
-    (inherit flex)
-    (version "2.6.1")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/westes/flex"
-                                  "/releases/download/v" version "/"
-                                  "flex-" version ".tar.xz"))
-             (sha256
-              (base32
-               "0gqhk4vkwy4gl9xbpgkljph8c0a5kpijz6wd0p5r9q202qn42yic"))))))