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index ab0d8c583d..b68b01e949 100644
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@@ -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"))))))