diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 2a2def9d89..8b25cb809a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -682,7 +682,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt1.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt2.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt3.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-bootstrap-system.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-locales.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 53db5fe007..ee92c49f4e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -852,7 +852,6 @@ (define-public glibc-2.25
                                        "glibc-o-largefile.patch"
                                        "glibc-vectorized-strcspn-guards.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2015-5180.patch"
-                                       "glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt1.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt2.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt3.patch"))))))
@@ -873,7 +872,6 @@ (define-public glibc-2.24
                                        "glibc-o-largefile.patch"
                                        "glibc-vectorized-strcspn-guards.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2015-5180.patch"
-                                       "glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt1.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt2.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt3.patch"))))))
@@ -897,7 +895,6 @@ (define-public glibc-2.23
                                        "glibc-CVE-2016-3075.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2016-3706.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2016-4429.patch"
-                                       "glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt1.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt2.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt3.patch"))))))
@@ -920,7 +917,6 @@ (define-public glibc-2.22
                                        "glibc-CVE-2016-3075.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2016-3706.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2016-4429.patch"
-                                       "glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt1.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt2.patch"
                                        "glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt3.patch"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 76d688c517..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-15670-15671.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2017-15670:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15670
-https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320
-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1504804
-
-And CVE-2017-15671:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15671
-https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325
-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15671
-
-Copied from upstream:
-<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=2d1bd71ec70a31b01d01b734faa66bb1ed28961f>
-
-diff --git a/posix/glob.c b/posix/glob.c
---- a/posix/glob.c
-+++ b/posix/glob.c
-@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
- 		  *p = '\0';
- 		}
- 	      else
--		*((char *) mempcpy (newp, dirname + 1, end_name - dirname))
-+		*((char *) mempcpy (newp, dirname + 1, end_name - dirname - 1))
- 		  = '\0';
- 	      user_name = newp;
- 	    }