diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index af8523e02d..3f987ee7aa 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ Removed Functionality
 
     - ``peer_id``
     - ``event_peer``
+    - ``packet``
 
 - The following configuration options were deprecated in version 2.6 or below and are
   removed from this release:
diff --git a/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek b/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
index e63c08d7df..a69f681f1f 100644
--- a/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
@@ -644,17 +644,6 @@ type ReporterStats: record {
 	weirds_by_type:	table[string] of count;
 };
 
-## Deprecated.
-##
-## .. todo:: Remove. It's still declared internally but doesn't seem  used anywhere
-##    else.
-type packet: record {
-	conn: connection;
-	is_orig: bool;
-	seq: count;	##< seq=k => it is the kth *packet* of the connection
-	timestamp: time;
-};
-
 ## Table type used to map variable names to their memory allocation.
 ##
 ## .. zeek:see:: global_sizes
diff --git a/src/NetVar.cc b/src/NetVar.cc
index 6c59f2a5fa..1ab9b6bcb6 100644
--- a/src/NetVar.cc
+++ b/src/NetVar.cc
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ double table_expire_interval;
 double table_expire_delay;
 int table_incremental_step;
 
-RecordType* packet_type;
-
 double connection_status_update_interval;
 
 int orig_addr_anonymization, resp_addr_anonymization;
@@ -413,8 +411,6 @@ void init_net_var()
 	software = internal_type("software")->AsRecordType();
 	software_version = internal_type("software_version")->AsRecordType();
 
-	packet_type = internal_type("packet")->AsRecordType();
-
 	orig_addr_anonymization = opt_internal_int("orig_addr_anonymization");
 	resp_addr_anonymization = opt_internal_int("resp_addr_anonymization");
 	other_addr_anonymization = opt_internal_int("other_addr_anonymization");
diff --git a/src/NetVar.h b/src/NetVar.h
index 3c9d92eb4d..4d91514006 100644
--- a/src/NetVar.h
+++ b/src/NetVar.h
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ extern double table_expire_interval;
 extern double table_expire_delay;
 extern int table_incremental_step;
 
-extern RecordType* packet_type;
-
 extern int orig_addr_anonymization, resp_addr_anonymization;
 extern int other_addr_anonymization;
 extern TableVal* preserve_orig_addr;