diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index a41795d8aa..65fbbe8dc5 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1489,7 +1489,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/plib-CVE-2011-4620.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/plib-CVE-2012-4552.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/plotutils-spline-test.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/podofo-cmake-3.12.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/portaudio-audacity-compat.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/portmidi-modular-build.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/postgresql-disable-resolve_symlinks.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/podofo-cmake-3.12.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/podofo-cmake-3.12.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a3c19b21a..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/podofo-cmake-3.12.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-The build fails with cmake 3.12.0.  This patch will be obsolete with the next
-release.
-
-https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/24/attachment/podofo-cmake-3.12.patch
-
-
---- a/test/TokenizerTest/CMakeLists.txt	2018-07-20 18:26:02.921494293 +0200
-+++ b/test/TokenizerTest/CMakeLists.txt	2018-07-20 18:34:53.727136443 +0200
-@@ -2,10 +2,3 @@
- TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(TokenizerTest ${PODOFO_LIB} ${PODOFO_LIB_DEPENDS})
- SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(TokenizerTest PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${PODOFO_CFLAGS}")
- ADD_DEPENDENCIES(TokenizerTest ${PODOFO_DEPEND_TARGET})
--
--# Copy the test samples over to the build tree
--ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
--    TARGET TokenizerTest
--    POST_BUILD
--    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_directory "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/objects" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/objects"
--    )
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 224bd792bd..48c2158e7a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Rene Saavedra <pacoon@protonmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2017–2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Ben Sturmfels <ben@sturm.com.au>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019,2020 Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
@@ -648,15 +648,14 @@ (define-public zathura
 (define-public podofo
   (package
     (name "podofo")
-    (version "0.9.6")
+    (version "0.9.7")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/podofo/podofo/" version
                                   "/podofo-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0wj0y4zcmj4q79wrn3vv3xq4bb0vhhxs8yifafwy9f2sjm83c5p9"))
-              (patches (search-patches "podofo-cmake-3.12.patch"))))
+                "1f0yvkx6nf99fp741w2y706d8bs9824x1z2gqm3rdy5fv8bfgwkw"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("cppunit" ,cppunit)