diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index b7a5ef825b..d76438ca63 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1398,7 +1398,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/wavpack-CVE-2018-6767.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/wavpack-CVE-2018-7253.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/wavpack-CVE-2018-7254.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/weechat-python.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wicd-bitrate-none-fix.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/wicd-get-selected-profile-fix.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/wicd-urwid-1.3.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/irc.scm b/gnu/packages/irc.scm
index 622f1253d8..e3418c1fec 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/irc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/irc.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 ng0 <ng0@n0.is>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -166,15 +166,14 @@ (define-public irssi
 (define-public weechat
   (package
     (name "weechat")
-    (version "2.5")
+    (version "2.6")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-"
                                   version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "09sc5lf7z70x3iw87q4zh8rbyngsw89pwnzs5jk195zzqdspgj2j"))
-              (patches (search-patches "weechat-python.patch"))))
+                "0j2iflnfvv31q2l9r67r8aj3ipggqfm2r2dpy7pvdpxgwwq337ps"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
@@ -187,9 +186,11 @@ (define-public weechat
               ("aspell" ,aspell)
               ("curl" ,curl)
               ("gnutls" ,gnutls)
+
+              ;; Scripting language plug-ins.
               ("guile" ,guile-2.0)
               ("lua" ,lua-5.1)
-              ("python" ,python-2)
+              ("python" ,python)
               ("perl" ,perl)
               ("tcl" ,tcl)))
     (arguments
@@ -214,14 +215,7 @@ (define-public weechat
              (substitute* "tests/scripts/test-scripts.cpp"
                ((".*\\{ \"(javascript|php|ruby)\", " all)
                 (string-append "// SKIP" all)))
-             #t))
-         (add-after 'install 'wrap
-           (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                   (py2 (assoc-ref inputs "python")))
-               (wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/weechat")
-                 `("PATH" ":" prefix (,(string-append py2 "/bin"))))
-               #t))))))
+             #t)))))
     (synopsis "Extensible chat client")
     (description "WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is an
 @dfn{Internet Relay Chat} (IRC) client, which is designed to be light and fast.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/weechat-python.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/weechat-python.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8182636ecb..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/weechat-python.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-Get Python LDFLAGS from 'pkg-config'.
-
-The other approach is more complex and gets it wrong: it returns
-"-L/path/to/python/lib/python-2.7.10/lib/python2.7/config -lpython -lwhatever";
-since that config/ sub-directory contains libpython2.7.a, we end up
-statically linking Python in Weechat's python.so, which we do not want.
-
---- weechat-1.3/configure.ac	2015-08-16 08:27:07.000000000 +0200
-+++ weechat-1.3/configure.ac	2015-11-29 18:18:52.975197048 +0100
-@@ -535,29 +535,7 @@ if test "x$enable_python" = "xyes" ; the
-             if test -r "$PYTHON_INCLUDE/Python.h"; then
-                 PYTHON_CFLAGS="-I$PYTHON_INCLUDE"
-                 AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
--                PYTHON_LIB=`$PYTHON -c "import sys, distutils.sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBPL'))"`
--                PYTHON_LFLAGS="-lpython$PYTHON_VERSION "`$PYTHON -c "import sys, distutils.sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBS')+' '+distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('SYSLIBS')+' '+distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LINKFORSHARED'))"`
--                AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Python library)
--                if test -r "$PYTHON_LIB/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.so"; then
--                   PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_LIB $PYTHON_LFLAGS"
--                   AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
--                elif test -r "$PYTHON_LIB/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.a"; then
--                   PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_LIB $PYTHON_LFLAGS"
--                   AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
--                elif test -r "$PYTHON_LIB/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.dll.a"; then
--                   PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_LIB $PYTHON_LFLAGS"
--                   AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
--                elif test -r "$PYTHON_SYSPREFIX/lib/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.so"; then
--                   PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_SYSPREFIX/lib/ $PYTHON_LFLAGS"
--                   AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
--                else
--                    AC_MSG_WARN([
--*** Python library couldn't be found on your system.
--*** Try to install it with your software package manager.
--*** WeeChat will be built without Python support.])
--                    enable_python="no"
--                    not_found="$not_found python"
--                fi
-+                PYTHON_LFLAGS=`pkg-config python2 --libs`
-             else
-                 AC_MSG_WARN([
- *** Python header files couldn't be found on your system.