diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 3257a326d2..d44a52be95 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/gmp-faulty-test.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnome-tweak-tool-search-paths.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnucash-price-quotes-perl.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/gnutls-fix-stale-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-cc.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-girepository.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gnutls-fix-stale-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gnutls-fix-stale-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index abb547a4d9..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gnutls-fix-stale-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-A certificate used in the GnuTLS test suite has expired, causing the
-test suite to fail.
-
-The effect of this patch depends on whether or not the datefudge program
-is available. If it is, then it is used to change the date in the test
-environment. If it is not, then the test is skipped.
-
-At the time this patch was added to Guix, datefudge was not available,
-so the test is skipped.
-
-Taken from upstream commit:
-https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/47f25d9e08d4e102572804a2aed186b01db23c65
-
-From 47f25d9e08d4e102572804a2aed186b01db23c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:31:13 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] tests: use datefudge in name-constraints test
-
-This avoids the expiration of the used certificate to affect the test.
----
- tests/cert-tests/name-constraints | 13 ++++++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/cert-tests/name-constraints b/tests/cert-tests/name-constraints
-index 05d6e9b..59af00f 100755
---- a/tests/cert-tests/name-constraints
-+++ b/tests/cert-tests/name-constraints
-@@ -28,7 +28,18 @@ if ! test -z "${VALGRIND}"; then
- fi
- TMPFILE=tmp.$$.pem
- 
--${VALGRIND} "${CERTTOOL}" -e --infile "${srcdir}/name-constraints-ip.pem"
-+export TZ="UTC"
-+
-+# Check for datefudge
-+TSTAMP=`datefudge -s "2006-09-23" date -u +%s || true`
-+if test "$TSTAMP" != "1158969600"; then
-+	echo $TSTAMP
-+	echo "You need datefudge to run this test"
-+	exit 77
-+fi
-+
-+datefudge -s "2016-04-22" \
-+	${VALGRIND} "${CERTTOOL}" -e --infile "${srcdir}/name-constraints-ip.pem"
- rc=$?
- 
- if test "${rc}" != "0"; then
--- 
-2.9.1
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tls.scm b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
index 6ba1776636..bdc1d7c997 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tls.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ living in the same process.")
 (define-public gnutls
   (package
     (name "gnutls")
-    (replacement gnutls/fixed)
     (version "3.4.7")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
@@ -195,13 +194,6 @@ required structures.")
     (properties '((ftp-server . "ftp.gnutls.org")
                   (ftp-directory . "/gcrypt/gnutls")))))
 
-(define-public gnutls/fixed
-  (package
-    (inherit gnutls)
-    (source (origin
-              (inherit (package-source gnutls))
-              (patches (search-patches "gnutls-fix-stale-test.patch"))))))
-
 (define-public openssl
   (package
    (name "openssl")