diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index f53f73bb8a..215061a67a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -88,14 +88,6 @@
              (substitute* (find-files "." "^Makefile\\.in$")
                (("/bin/pwd")
                 "pwd"))))
-         (add-after 'install 'remove-info.info
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             ;; Remove 'info.info', which is provided by Texinfo <= 6.0.
-             ;; TODO: Remove this phase when we switch to Texinfo 6.1.
-             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-               (delete-file
-                (string-append out "/share/info/info.info.gz"))
-               #t)))
          (add-after 'install 'install-site-start
            ;; Copy guix-emacs.el from Guix and add it to site-start.el.  This
            ;; way, Emacs packages provided by Guix and installed in
diff --git a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
index 5c1204ed2e..8b9ed00de7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
 (define-public texinfo
   (package
     (name "texinfo")
-    (version "6.0")
+    (version "6.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/texinfo/texinfo-"
                                   version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1r3i6jyynn6ab45fxw5bms8mflk9ry4qpj6gqyry72vfd5c47fhi"))))
+                "1ll3d0l8izygdxqz96wfr2631kxahifwdknpgsx2090vw963js5c"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("procps" ,procps)))  ;one of the tests needs pgrep
     (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
@@ -62,18 +62,6 @@ their source and the command-line Info reader.  The emphasis of the language
 is on expressing the content semantically, avoiding physical markup commands.")
     (license gpl3+)))
 
-(define-public texinfo-6.1
-  (package
-    (inherit texinfo)
-    (version "6.1")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/texinfo/texinfo-"
-                                  version ".tar.xz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1ll3d0l8izygdxqz96wfr2631kxahifwdknpgsx2090vw963js5c"))))))
-
 (define-public texinfo-5
   (package (inherit texinfo)
     (version "5.2")