diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index f36389f819..86b56d4047 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/gcc-cross-environment-variables.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gcc-libvtv-runpath.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/gcc-5.0-libvtv-runpath.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/gd-CVE-2016-3074.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/geoclue-config.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ghostscript-CVE-2015-3228.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/ghostscript-runpath.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gd.scm b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
index e52a030f86..4d6b1a3c89 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
@@ -37,20 +37,19 @@ (define-public gd
   (package
     (name "gd")
 
-    ;; Note: With libgd.org now pointing to bitbucket.org, genuine old
+    ;; Note: With libgd.org now pointing to github.com, genuine old
     ;; tarballs are no longer available.  Notably, versions 2.0.x are
     ;; missing.
-    (version "2.1.1")
+    (version "2.2.1")
 
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
-                   "https://bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/downloads/"
-                   "libgd-" version ".tar.xz"))
+                   "https://github.com/libgd/libgd/releases/download/gd-"
+                   version "/libgd-" version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "11djy9flzxczphigqgp7fbbblbq35gqwwhn9xfcckawlapa1xnls"))
-             (patches (search-patches "gd-CVE-2016-3074.patch"))))
+               "0xmrqka1ggqgml84xbmkw1y0r0lg7qn657v5b1my8pry92p651vh"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gd-CVE-2016-3074.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gd-CVE-2016-3074.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a90c51d77b..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gd-CVE-2016-3074.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-Adapted from upstream commit 2bb97f407c1145c850416a3bfbcc8cf124e68a19
-(gd2: handle corrupt images better (CVE-2016-3074)).
-
-This patch omits the upstream changes to '.gitignore', and the test
-added in files 'tests/Makefile.am', 'tests/gd2/gd2_read_corrupt.c', and
-'tests/gd2/invalid_neg_size.gd2'.
-
-We omit the test because its input data,
-'tests/gd2/invalid_neg_size.gd2', is provided as a binary Git diff,
-which is not supported by `patch`.
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3074
-https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/2bb97f407c1145c850416a3bfbcc8cf124e68a19
----
- .gitignore                     |   1 +
- src/gd_gd2.c                   |   2 ++
- tests/Makefile.am              |   3 ++-
- tests/gd2/gd2_read_corrupt.c   |  25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
- tests/gd2/invalid_neg_size.gd2 | Bin 0 -> 1676 bytes
- 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
- create mode 100644 tests/gd2/gd2_read_corrupt.c
- create mode 100644 tests/gd2/invalid_neg_size.gd2
-
-diff --git a/src/gd_gd2.c b/src/gd_gd2.c
-index 6f28461..a50b33d 100644
---- a/src/gd_gd2.c
-+++ b/src/gd_gd2.c
-@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ _gd2GetHeader (gdIOCtxPtr in, int *sx, int *sy,
- 			if (gdGetInt (&cidx[i].size, in) != 1) {
- 				goto fail2;
- 			};
-+			if (cidx[i].offset < 0 || cidx[i].size < 0)
-+				goto fail2;
- 		};
- 		*chunkIdx = cidx;
- 	};