diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 3fbfe0f2bb..559655abc5 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -695,7 +695,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/antlr3-3_3-fix-java8-compilation.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/apr-skip-getservbyname-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/aspell-default-dict-dir.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/aspell-gcc-compat.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ath9k-htc-firmware-binutils.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/ath9k-htc-firmware-gcc.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/ath9k-htc-firmware-objcopy.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/aspell.scm b/gnu/packages/aspell.scm
index 4f6f1a1cca..8e0edf2774 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/aspell.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/aspell.scm
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages aspell)
 (define-public aspell
   (package
     (name "aspell")
-    (version "0.60.6.1")
+    (version "0.60.8")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ (define-public aspell
                           version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "1qgn5psfyhbrnap275xjfrzppf5a83fb67gpql0kfqv37al869gm"))
-      (patches (search-patches "aspell-default-dict-dir.patch"
-                               "aspell-gcc-compat.patch"))))
+        "1wi60ankalmh8ds7nplz434jd7j94gdvbahdwsr539rlad8pxdzr"))
+      (patches (search-patches "aspell-default-dict-dir.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ (define* (aspell-dictionary dict-name full-name
 (define-public aspell-dict-ar
   (aspell-dictionary "ar" "Arabic"
                      #:version "1.2-0"
-		     #:prefix "aspell6-"
+                     #:prefix "aspell6-"
                      #:sha256
                      (base32
                       "1avw40bp8yi5bnkq64ihm2rldgw34lk89yz281q9bmndh95a47h4")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/aspell-gcc-compat.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/aspell-gcc-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 94c44f8fb6..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/aspell-gcc-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-Fix GCC7 warnings.
-
-Taken from upstream:
-https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/aspell.git/commit/?id=8089fa02122fed0a6394eba14bbedcb1d18e2384
-
-diff --git a/modules/filter/tex.cpp b/modules/filter/tex.cpp
-index a979539..19ab63c 100644
---- a/modules/filter/tex.cpp
-+++ b/modules/filter/tex.cpp
-@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace {
- 
-     if (c == '{') {
- 
--      if (top.in_what == Parm || top.in_what == Opt || top.do_check == '\0')
-+      if (top.in_what == Parm || top.in_what == Opt || *top.do_check == '\0')
- 	push_command(Parm);
- 
-       top.in_what = Parm;
-diff --git a/prog/check_funs.cpp b/prog/check_funs.cpp
-index db54f3d..89ee09d 100644
---- a/prog/check_funs.cpp
-+++ b/prog/check_funs.cpp
-@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static void print_truncate(FILE * out, const char * word, int width) {
-     }
-   }
-   if (i == width-1) {
--    if (word == '\0')
-+    if (*word == '\0')
-       put(out,' ');
-     else if (word[len] == '\0')
-       put(out, word, len);