diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 94ffbe1b53..68f3a20f6d 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/cursynth-wave-rand.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/cvs-2017-12836.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/cyrus-sasl-CVE-2013-4122.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/dbus-helper-search-path.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/deja-dup-use-ref-keyword-for-iter.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/dfu-programmer-fix-libusb.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
index ed1e60a7a3..d56dc49198 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ (define-public docbook-xsl
 (define-public dblatex
   (package
     (name "dblatex")
-    (version "0.3.9")
+    (version "0.3.10")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/dblatex/dblatex/"
@@ -184,8 +185,7 @@ (define-public dblatex
                                   version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0pdizc5rjywwzxa1qqhdmba5zr35pbmdwbysalsid7xw87w3kq06"))
-              (patches (search-patches "dblatex-remove-multirow.patch"))))
+                "1yicd861rqz78i2khl35j7nvc0ccv4jx4hzqrbhll17082vrdmkg"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     ;; TODO: Add xfig/transfig for fig2dev utility
     (inputs
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 62d1c64e08..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-This patch is needed to fix dblatex with newer versions of TeX Live.
-It was taken from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840189
-
---- a/latex/style/dbk_table.sty	Sun Oct 02 23:21:03 2016 +0200
-+++ b/latex/style/dbk_table.sty	Mon Oct 10 21:31:00 2016 +0200
-@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
- \usepackage{longtable}
- \usepackage{lscape}
- \usepackage{colortbl}
--\usepackage{multirow}
- \usepackage{calc}
- \usepackage{hhline}
-
-@@ -21,16 +20,6 @@
-   \expandafter[\expandafter3\expandafter]\expandafter{%
-   \multicolumn{#1}{#2}{#3}}
-
--% Make \@xmultirow long
--\expandafter\long\expandafter\def%
--\expandafter\@xmultirow%
--\expandafter#\expandafter1%
--\expandafter[\expandafter#\expandafter2\expandafter]%
--\expandafter#\expandafter3%
--\expandafter[\expandafter#\expandafter4\expandafter]%
--\expandafter#\expandafter5%
--\expandafter{\@xmultirow{#1}[#2]{#3}[#4]{#5}}
--
- % For the newtbl code
- \newdimen\newtblstarfactor%
- \newdimen\newtblsparewidth%