diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index f901f21b55..5b6fe71d1c 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -678,7 +678,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/freeimage-CVE-2016-5684.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/freeimage-fix-build-with-gcc-5.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/freeimage-unbundle.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/freetype-CVE-2018-6942.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/fuse-overlapping-headers.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/gawk-shell.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/gcc-arm-bug-71399.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index f7dc2e7634..cf18b55aae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -54,14 +54,13 @@ (define-module (gnu packages fontutils)
 (define-public freetype
   (package
    (name "freetype")
-   (version "2.9")
+   (version "2.9.1")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://savannah/freetype/freetype-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256 (base32
-                     "12jcdz1in20yaa55izxalg3hm1pf7nydfrzps5bzb4zgihybmzz6"))
-            (patches (search-patches "freetype-CVE-2018-6942.patch"))))
+                     "0kg8w6qyiizlyzh4a8lpzslipcbv96hcg3rqqpnxba8ffbm8g3fv"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs
     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/freetype-CVE-2018-6942.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/freetype-CVE-2018-6942.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 680f357765..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/freetype-CVE-2018-6942.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2018-6942:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6942
-https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-6942.html
-
-Copied from upstream (ChangeLog section removed):
-https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
-
-diff --git a/src/truetype/ttinterp.c b/src/truetype/ttinterp.c
-index d855aaa..551f14a 100644
---- a/src/truetype/ttinterp.c
-+++ b/src/truetype/ttinterp.c
-@@ -7532,8 +7532,16 @@
-       return;
-     }
- 
--    for ( i = 0; i < num_axes; i++ )
--      args[i] = coords[i] >> 2; /* convert 16.16 to 2.14 format */
-+    if ( coords )
-+    {
-+      for ( i = 0; i < num_axes; i++ )
-+        args[i] = coords[i] >> 2; /* convert 16.16 to 2.14 format */
-+    }
-+    else
-+    {
-+      for ( i = 0; i < num_axes; i++ )
-+        args[i] = 0;
-+    }
-   }
- 
-