diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index b03382ca17..3e410b0a51 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -11979,18 +11979,10 @@ ignoring formatting changes.")
       "Make loops show a progress bar on the console by just wrapping any
 iterable with @code{|tqdm(iterable)|}.  Offers many options to define
 design and layout.")
-    (license (list license:mpl2.0 license:expat))
-    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-tqdm))))))
+    (license (list license:mpl2.0 license:expat))))
 
 (define-public python2-tqdm
-  (let ((tqdm (package-with-python2
-               (strip-python2-variant python-tqdm))))
-    (package
-      (inherit tqdm)
-      (native-inputs
-       ;; FIXME: This should be propagated from python2-flake8 instead.
-       `(("python2-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
-         ,@(package-native-inputs tqdm))))))
+  (package-with-python2 python-tqdm))
 
 (define-public python-pkginfo
   (package