diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 238f02816e..7a478367f4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -307,41 +307,8 @@ standard utility.")
    (license gpl3+)
    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/")))
 
-;;; TODO: Replace/merge with 'patch' on core-updates.
-(define-public patch/pinned
-  (hidden-package
-   (package
-     (name "patch")
-     (version "2.7.6")
-     (source (origin
-               (method url-fetch)
-               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/patch/patch-"
-                                   version ".tar.xz"))
-               (sha256
-                (base32
-                 "1zfqy4rdcy279vwn2z1kbv19dcfw25d2aqy9nzvdkq5bjzd0nqdc"))
-               (patches (search-patches "patch-hurd-path-max.patch"))))
-     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-     (arguments
-      ;; Work around a cross-compilation bug whereby libpatch.a would provide
-      ;; '__mktime_internal', which conflicts with the one in libc.a.
-      (if (%current-target-system)
-          `(#:configure-flags '("gl_cv_func_working_mktime=yes"))
-          '()))
-     (native-inputs (list ed))
-     (synopsis "Apply differences to originals, with optional backups")
-     (description
-      "Patch is a program that applies changes to files based on differences
-laid out as by the program \"diff\".  The changes may be applied to one or more
-files depending on the contents of the diff file.  It accepts several
-different diff formats.  It may also be used to revert previously applied
-differences.")
-     (license gpl3+)
-     (home-page "https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/"))))
-
 (define-public patch
   (package
-    (inherit patch/pinned)
     (name "patch")
     (version "2.8")
     (source (origin
@@ -351,13 +318,27 @@ differences.")
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1qssgwgy3mfahkpgg99a35gl38vamlqb15m3c2zzrd62xrlywz7q"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments patch/pinned)
-       ((#:configure-flags flags #~'())
-        (if (target-hurd32?)
-            #~(cons* "--disable-year2038"
-                     #$flags)
-            flags))))
+     (list
+      #:configure-flags
+      #~(append
+         (if #$(%current-target-system)
+             (list "gl_cv_func_working_mktime=yes")
+             '())
+         (if #$(target-hurd32?)
+             (list "--disable-year2038")
+             '()))))
+    (native-inputs (list ed))
+    (synopsis "Apply differences to originals, with optional backups")
+    (description
+     "Patch is a program that applies changes to files based on differences
+laid out as by the program \"diff\".  The changes may be applied to one or more
+files depending on the contents of the diff file.  It accepts several
+different diff formats.  It may also be used to revert previously applied
+differences.")
+    (license gpl3+)
+    (home-page "https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/")
     (properties '())))
 
 (define-public diffutils
diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index a38f933122..14ce8ddb01 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ MesCC-Tools), and finally M2-Planet.")
 (define patch-mesboot
   ;; The initial patch.
   (package
-    (inherit patch/pinned)
+    (inherit patch)
     (name "patch-mesboot")
     (version "2.5.9")
     (source (origin
@@ -2170,19 +2170,21 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
 
 (define patch-boot0
   (package
-    (inherit patch/pinned)
-    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source patch/pinned)))
+    (inherit patch)
+    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source patch)))
     (name "patch-boot0")
     (native-inputs '())
     (inputs
      `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
        ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
     (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #f                      ; merge test fails
-       #:implicit-inputs? #f
-       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
-       #:strip-binaries? #f
-       #:validate-runpath? #f))))
+     (list
+      #:tests? #f                       ; merge test fails
+      #:implicit-inputs? #f
+      #:guile %bootstrap-guile
+      #:strip-binaries? #f
+      #:validate-runpath? #f
+      #:configure-flags #~(list "--disable-year2038")))))
 
 (define sed-boot0
   (package
@@ -3563,7 +3565,7 @@ exec ~a/bin/~a-~a -B~a/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker -Wl,~a/~a \"$@\"~%"
                    ("bzip2" ,bzip2)
                    ("file" ,file)
                    ("diffutils" ,diffutils)
-                   ("patch" ,patch/pinned)
+                   ("patch" ,patch)
                    ("findutils" ,findutils)
                    ("gawk" ,(package/inherit gawk
                               (native-inputs
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
index 1852ef8286..becfc79125 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ interface.")
     (build-system trivial-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("config-patch" ,@(search-patches "cl-asdf-config-directories.patch"))
-       ("patch" ,patch/pinned)))
+       ("patch" ,patch)))
     (arguments
      `(#:modules ((guix build utils)
                   (guix build lisp-utils))
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index 9168ae14d7..d73e3ab2c3 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ identifiers.  The result is inferred from the file names of patches."
       ("gzip"  ,(ref '(gnu packages compression) 'gzip))
       ("lzip"  ,(ref '(gnu packages compression) 'lzip))
       ("unzip" ,(ref '(gnu packages compression) 'unzip))
-      ("patch" ,(ref '(gnu packages base) 'patch/pinned)))))
+      ("patch" ,(ref '(gnu packages base) 'patch)))))
 
 (define (default-guile)
   "Return the default Guile package used to run the build code of