diff --git a/guix/self.scm b/guix/self.scm
index 74ea65240c..6d7569ec19 100644
--- a/guix/self.scm
+++ b/guix/self.scm
@@ -377,12 +377,6 @@ TRANSLATIONS, an alist of msgid and msgstr."
 
 (define (info-manual source)
   "Return the Info manual built from SOURCE."
-  (define po4a
-    (specification->package "po4a"))
-
-  (define gettext
-    (specification->package "gettext"))
-
   (define texinfo
     (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages texinfo))
                 'texinfo))