diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 3f8a4cc6b1..dee8fb7e38 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -773,7 +773,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-mach64-glibc-2.20.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-nv-remove-mibstore.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-openchrome-glibc-2.20.patch	\
-  gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-r128-glibc-2.20.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-siliconmotion-remove-mibstore.patch \
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-sis-fix-exa-crash.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-sis-update-api.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-r128-glibc-2.20.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-r128-glibc-2.20.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 21a430ebc6..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-r128-glibc-2.20.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Fix test compilation with exa.h in configure when using glibc 2.20.
-Inspired by a patch by Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>.
-See <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openembedded/oe-core/master/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-driver/xf86-input-synaptics/always_include_xorg_server.h.patch>.
-
---- xf86-video-r128-6.9.2/configure.~1~	2013-10-02 14:38:15.000000000 -0400
-+++ xf86-video-r128-6.9.2/configure	2014-12-19 01:23:03.346735159 -0500
-@@ -18400,7 +18400,9 @@
- 
-         SAVE_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-         CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $XORG_CFLAGS"
--        ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "exa.h" "ac_cv_header_exa_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-+        ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "exa.h" "ac_cv_header_exa_h" "$ac_includes_default
-+#include <xorg-server.h>
-+"
- if test "x$ac_cv_header_exa_h" = xyes; then :
-   have_exa_h="yes"
- else
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 22ca3f9883..4dcda98431 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -3079,7 +3079,7 @@ (define-public xf86-video-openchrome
 (define-public xf86-video-r128
   (package
     (name "xf86-video-r128")
-    (version "6.9.2")
+    (version "6.10.1")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -3089,8 +3089,7 @@ (define-public xf86-video-r128
                ".tar.bz2"))
         (sha256
           (base32
-           "1q3fsc603k2yinphx5rrcl5356qkpywwz8axlw277l2231gjjbcb"))
-        (patches (list (search-patch "xf86-video-r128-glibc-2.20.patch")))))
+           "1sp4glyyj23rs77vgffmn0mar5h504a86701nzvi56qwhd4yzgsy"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("mesa" ,mesa)
               ("xf86driproto" ,xf86driproto)