diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 72f0e192c9..71f3583f88 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/perl-archive-tar-CVE-2018-12015.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/perl-file-path-CVE-2017-6512.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/perl-autosplit-default-time.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/perl-dbd-mysql-CVE-2017-10788.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/perl-deterministic-ordering.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/perl-finance-quote-unuse-mozilla-ca.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/perl-io-socket-ssl-openssl-1.0.2f-fix.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 9dca5f4e62..4e64fb78b4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -1472,16 +1472,15 @@ (define-public perl-dbd-pg
 (define-public perl-dbd-mysql
   (package
     (name "perl-dbd-mysql")
-    (version "4.043")
+    (version "4.046")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MI/MICHIELB/"
+       (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CA/CAPTTOFU/"
                            "DBD-mysql-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "16bg7l28n65ngi1abjxvwk906a80i2vd5vzjn812dx8phdg8d7v2"))
-       (patches (search-patches "perl-dbd-mysql-CVE-2017-10788.patch"))))
+         "1xziv9w87cl3fbl1mqkdrx28mdqly3gs6gs1ynbmpl2rr4p6arb1"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     ;; Tests require running MySQL server
     (arguments `(#:tests? #f))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/perl-dbd-mysql-CVE-2017-10788.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/perl-dbd-mysql-CVE-2017-10788.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74613cb632..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/perl-dbd-mysql-CVE-2017-10788.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2017-10788:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10788
-
-Patch written to match corrected documentation specifications:
-
-Old: http://web.archive.org/web/20161220021610/https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-stmt-close.html
-New: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-stmt-close.html
-
-The patch itself is from https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/issues/120#issuecomment-312420660.
-
-From 9ce10cfae7138c37c3a0cb2ba2a1d682482943d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Pali <pali@cpan.org>
-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 10:07:39 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix use-after-free after calling mysql_stmt_close()
-
-Ignore return value from mysql_stmt_close() and also its error message
-because it points to freed memory after mysql_stmt_close() was called.
----
- dbdimp.c |    8 ++------
- mysql.xs |    7 ++-----
- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/dbdimp.c b/dbdimp.c
-index c60a5f6..a6410e5 100644
---- a/dbdimp.c
-+++ b/dbdimp.c
-@@ -4894,12 +4894,8 @@ void dbd_st_destroy(SV *sth, imp_sth_t *imp_sth) {
-
-   if (imp_sth->stmt)
-   {
--    if (mysql_stmt_close(imp_sth->stmt))
--    {
--      do_error(DBIc_PARENT_H(imp_sth), mysql_stmt_errno(imp_sth->stmt),
--          mysql_stmt_error(imp_sth->stmt),
--          mysql_stmt_sqlstate(imp_sth->stmt));
--    }
-+    mysql_stmt_close(imp_sth->stmt);
-+    imp_sth->stmt= NULL;
-   }
- #endif
-
-diff --git a/mysql.xs b/mysql.xs
-index 55376e1..affde59 100644
---- a/mysql.xs
-+++ b/mysql.xs
-@@ -434,11 +434,8 @@ do(dbh, statement, attr=Nullsv, ...)
-       if (bind)
-         Safefree(bind);
-
--      if(mysql_stmt_close(stmt))
--      {
--        fprintf(stderr, "\n failed while closing the statement");
--        fprintf(stderr, "\n %s", mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
--      }
-+      mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
-+      stmt= NULL;
-
-       if (retval == -2) /* -2 means error */
-       {
---
-1.7.9.5