diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 15352f68d4..725093fb09 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1404,7 +1404,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/guile-fibers-libevent-timeout.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/guile-fix-invalid-unicode-handling.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/guile-gdbm-ffi-support-gdbm-1.14.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/guile-git-adjust-for-libgit2-1.2.0.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/guile-hurd-posix-spawn.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/guile-present-coding.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/guile-rsvg-pkgconfig.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 817ec974bc..78295ab51c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012-2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012-2024 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2016, 2018 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2017, 2018 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ type system, elevating types to first-class status.")
 (define-public guile-git
   (package
     (name "guile-git")
-    (version "0.5.2")
+    (version "0.6.0")
     (home-page "https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git.git")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
@@ -840,9 +840,7 @@ type system, elevating types to first-class status.")
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "11a51acibwi2hpaygmrpn6nwbr4lqalc87ihrgj3mhz6swbsk9n7"))
-              (patches (search-patches
-                        "guile-git-adjust-for-libgit2-1.2.0.patch"))))
+                "0a3765chjas1dmkl0qc75y6l3hsss6n2awi82jkwzjyfslrlcrgq"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:make-flags '("GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0")       ; to prevent guild warnings
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/guile-git-adjust-for-libgit2-1.2.0.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/guile-git-adjust-for-libgit2-1.2.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 436a11ad19..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/guile-git-adjust-for-libgit2-1.2.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 107e6ca..20e9019 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ dnl Guile-Git --- GNU Guile bindings of libgit2
- dnl Copyright © 2016-2018 Erik Edrosa <erik.edrosa@gmail.com>
- dnl Copyright © 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
- dnl Copyright © 2019 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
-+dnl Copyright © 2021 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
- dnl
- dnl This file is part of Guile-Git.
- dnl
-@@ -43,15 +44,20 @@ AS_IF([test "x$LIBGIT2_LIBDIR" = "x"], [
- ])
- AC_SUBST([LIBGIT2_LIBDIR])
- 
-+dnl Does the 'git_remote_callbacks' struct have a 'remote_ready' field?
-+dnl It was added in 1.2.0, obsoleting 'resolve_url'.
-+AC_CHECK_MEMBER([git_remote_callbacks.remote_ready],
-+  [HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_REMOTE_READY="#true"],
-+  [HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_REMOTE_READY="#false"],
-+  [[#include <git2.h>]])
-+AC_SUBST([HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_REMOTE_READY])
-+
- dnl Does the 'git_remote_callbacks' struct have a 'resolve_url' field?
- dnl It's missing in libgit2 0.28.5, added in 1.0.
--AC_CHECK_MEMBER([git_remote_callbacks.resolve_url], [], [],
-+AC_CHECK_MEMBER([git_remote_callbacks.resolve_url],
-+  [HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_RESOLVE_URL="#true"],
-+  [HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_RESOLVE_URL="#false"],
-   [[#include <git2.h>]])
--if test "x$ac_cv_member_git_remote_callbacks_resolve_url" = "xyes"; then
--  HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_RESOLVE_URL="#true"
--else
--  HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_RESOLVE_URL="#false"
--fi
- AC_SUBST([HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_RESOLVE_URL])
- 
- dnl Those binaries are required for ssh authentication tests.
-diff --git a/git/configuration.scm.in b/git/configuration.scm.in
-index c45f698..64c4360 100644
---- a/git/configuration.scm.in
-+++ b/git/configuration.scm.in
-@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@
- 
- (define-module (git configuration)
-   #:export (%libgit2
-+            %have-remote-callbacks-remote-ready?
-             %have-remote-callbacks-resolve-url?))
- 
- (define %libgit2
-   "@LIBGIT2_LIBDIR@/libgit2")
- 
-+(define %have-remote-callbacks-remote-ready?
-+  ;; True if the 'git_remote_callbacks' struct has a
-+  ;; 'remote_ready' field.
-+  @HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_REMOTE_READY@)
-+
- (define %have-remote-callbacks-resolve-url?
-   ;; True if the 'git_remote_callbacks' struct has a 'resolve_url' field.
-   @HAVE_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_RESOLVE_URL@)
-diff --git a/git/structs.scm b/git/structs.scm
-index ca51728..be3d050 100644
---- a/git/structs.scm
-+++ b/git/structs.scm
-@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@ type to 'specified for this to take effect."
-                (push-update-reference ,(bs:pointer uint8))
-                (push-negotiation ,(bs:pointer uint8))
-                (transport ,(bs:pointer uint8))
-+
-+               ;; Added in libgit2 1.2.0.
-+               ,@(if %have-remote-callbacks-remote-ready?
-+                     `((remote-ready ,(bs:pointer uint8)))
-+                     '())
-+
-                (payload ,(bs:pointer uint8))
- 
-                ;; libgit2 1.0 added this field, which is missing from 0.28.5,