diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index bbde10e756..0838f66618 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -941,7 +941,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/bsd-games-prevent-name-collisions.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/bsd-games-stdio.h.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/beancount-disable-googleapis-fonts.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/bees-beesd-honor-destdir-on-installation.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/beignet-correct-file-names.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/bidiv-update-fribidi.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-2.37-file-descriptor-leak.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm b/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm
index 5ed6d964af..9ac36e9a27 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/file-systems.scm
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ in FUSE for rootless containers.")
 (define-public bees
   (package
     (name "bees")
-    (version "0.8")
+    (version "0.9.2")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -1826,14 +1826,9 @@ in FUSE for rootless containers.")
                      (("city.o.*") ""))
                    (substitute* "src/bees-hash.cc"
                      (("#include .crucible/city.h.") "#include <city.h>"))))
-              (patches
-               (search-patches
-                ;; XXX: Cherry-picked from upstream, remove the patch when
-                ;; bumping version.
-                "bees-beesd-honor-destdir-on-installation.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1kxpz1p9k5ir385kpvmfjawki5vg22hlx768k7835w6n5z5a65y4"))))
+                "0xik1xg6ma5yglhvs60ny27242iapqwzikmqbgij1avjffs6776a"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list #:test-target "test"
@@ -1867,7 +1862,8 @@ in FUSE for rootless containers.")
                       (search-input-file inputs (string-append "/bin/" command)))
 
                      (("btrfs sub")
-                      (string-append (search-input-file inputs "/bin/btrfs") " sub"))))))))
+                      (string-append (search-input-file inputs "/bin/btrfs")
+                                     " sub"))))))))
     (inputs (list btrfs-progs cityhash util-linux))
     (home-page "https://github.com/Zygo/bees")
     (synopsis "Best-Effort Extent-Same, a btrfs dedupe agent")
@@ -1876,7 +1872,9 @@ in FUSE for rootless containers.")
 for large btrfs filesystems.  It is an offline dedupe combined with an
 incremental data scan capability to minimize time data spends on disk from
 write to dedupe.")
-    (license license:gpl3+)))
+    (license (list license:gpl3+     ; the combined work
+                   license:zlib      ; lib/crc64.cc
+                   license:gpl2))))  ; include/crucible/btrfs.h
 
 (define-public dwarfs
   (package
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/bees-beesd-honor-destdir-on-installation.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/bees-beesd-honor-destdir-on-installation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 93817f42cf..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/bees-beesd-honor-destdir-on-installation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From 66b00f8a972ebb4da68f7aa0d0656f43ce2a2c3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Hilton Chain <hako@ultrarare.space>
-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 11:04:46 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] beesd: Honor DESTDIR on installation.
-
-Co-authored-by: Adam Faiz <adam.faiz@disroot.org>
-Signed-off-by: Hilton Chain <hako@ultrarare.space>
----
- Defines.mk       | 1 +
- scripts/beesd.in | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Defines.mk b/Defines.mk
-index 9e8df40..e5394ba 100644
---- a/Defines.mk
-+++ b/Defines.mk
-@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ MAKE += PREFIX=$(PREFIX) LIBEXEC_PREFIX=$(LIBEXEC_PREFIX) ETC_PREFIX=$(ETC_PREFI
-
- define TEMPLATE_COMPILER =
- sed $< >$@ \
-+		-e's#@DESTDIR@#$(DESTDIR)#' \
- 		-e's#@PREFIX@#$(PREFIX)#' \
- 		-e's#@ETC_PREFIX@#$(ETC_PREFIX)#' \
- 		-e's#@LIBEXEC_PREFIX@#$(LIBEXEC_PREFIX)#'
-diff --git a/scripts/beesd.in b/scripts/beesd.in
-index 174bb6c..35d04aa 100755
---- a/scripts/beesd.in
-+++ b/scripts/beesd.in
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ readonly AL128K="$((128*1024))"
- readonly AL16M="$((16*1024*1024))"
- readonly CONFIG_DIR=@ETC_PREFIX@/bees/
-
--readonly bees_bin=$(realpath @LIBEXEC_PREFIX@/bees)
-+readonly bees_bin=$(realpath @DESTDIR@/@LIBEXEC_PREFIX@/bees)
-
- command -v "$bees_bin" &> /dev/null || ERRO "Missing 'bees' agent"
-
---
-2.38.1
-