diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index f6d365847f..63d11b024b 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/gmp-arm-asm-nothumb.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gmp-faulty-test.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gnucash-price-quotes-perl.patch		\
-  gnu/packages/patches/gnupg-simple-query-ignore-status-messages.patch \
   gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch \
   gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-cc.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-girepository.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
index b7c661257c..7bf6566be9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -208,16 +208,14 @@ (define-public npth
 (define-public gnupg
   (package
     (name "gnupg")
-    (version "2.1.11")
+    (version "2.1.12")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnupg/gnupg/gnupg-" version
                                   ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "06mn2viiwsyq991arh5i5fhr9jyxq2bi0jkdj7ndfisxihngpc5p"))
-              (patches (search-patches
-                        "gnupg-simple-query-ignore-status-messages.patch"))))
+                "01n5py45x0r97l4dzmd803jpbpbcxr1591k3k4s8m9804jfr4d5c"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gnupg-simple-query-ignore-status-messages.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gnupg-simple-query-ignore-status-messages.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 153f71c38f..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gnupg-simple-query-ignore-status-messages.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-Copied from upstream:
-http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commitdiff;h=acac103ba5772ae738ce5409d17feab80596cde6
-
-Fixes: https://debbugs.gnu.org/22558
-Upstream bug: https://bugs.gnupg.org/gnupg/issue2229
-
-From acac103ba5772ae738ce5409d17feab80596cde6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Neal H. Walfield" <neal@g10code.com>
-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:12:21 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] common: Change simple_query to ignore status messages.
-
-* common/simple-pwquery.c (simple_query): Ignore status messages.
-
---
-Signed-off-by: Neal H. Walfield <neal@g10code.com>
-GnuPG-bug-id: 2229
----
- common/simple-pwquery.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
- 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/common/simple-pwquery.c b/common/simple-pwquery.c
-index 90d04c0..b2d666c 100644
---- a/common/simple-pwquery.c
-+++ b/common/simple-pwquery.c
-@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ simple_query (const char *query)
-   int fd = -1;
-   int nread;
-   char response[500];
-+  int have = 0;
-   int rc;
- 
-   rc = agent_open (&fd);
-@@ -628,40 +629,78 @@ simple_query (const char *query)
-   if (rc)
-     goto leave;
- 
--  /* get response */
--  nread = readline (fd, response, 499);
--  if (nread < 0)
--    {
--      rc = -nread;
--      goto leave;
--    }
--  if (nread < 3)
-+  while (1)
-     {
--      rc = SPWQ_PROTOCOL_ERROR;
--      goto leave;
--    }
-+      if (! have || ! strchr (response, '\n'))
-+        /* get response */
-+        {
-+          nread = readline (fd, &response[have],
-+                            sizeof (response) - 1 /* NUL */ - have);
-+          if (nread < 0)
-+            {
-+              rc = -nread;
-+              goto leave;
-+            }
-+          have += nread;
-+          if (have < 3)
-+            {
-+              rc = SPWQ_PROTOCOL_ERROR;
-+              goto leave;
-+            }
-+          response[have] = 0;
-+        }
- 
--  if (response[0] == 'O' && response[1] == 'K')
--    /* OK, do nothing.  */;
--  else if ((nread > 7 && !memcmp (response, "ERR 111", 7)
--            && (response[7] == ' ' || response[7] == '\n') )
--           || ((nread > 4 && !memcmp (response, "ERR ", 4)
--                && (strtoul (response+4, NULL, 0) & 0xffff) == 99)) )
--    {
--      /* 111 is the old Assuan code for canceled which might still
--         be in use by old installations. 99 is GPG_ERR_CANCELED as
--         used by modern gpg-agents; 0xffff is used to mask out the
--         error source.  */
-+      if (response[0] == 'O' && response[1] == 'K')
-+        /* OK, do nothing.  */;
-+      else if ((nread > 7 && !memcmp (response, "ERR 111", 7)
-+                && (response[7] == ' ' || response[7] == '\n') )
-+               || ((nread > 4 && !memcmp (response, "ERR ", 4)
-+                    && (strtoul (response+4, NULL, 0) & 0xffff) == 99)) )
-+        {
-+          /* 111 is the old Assuan code for canceled which might still
-+             be in use by old installations. 99 is GPG_ERR_CANCELED as
-+             used by modern gpg-agents; 0xffff is used to mask out the
-+             error source.  */
- #ifdef SPWQ_USE_LOGGING
--      log_info (_("canceled by user\n") );
-+          log_info (_("canceled by user\n") );
- #endif
--    }
--  else
--    {
-+        }
-+      else if (response[0] == 'S' && response[1] == ' ')
-+        {
-+          char *nextline;
-+          int consumed;
-+
-+          nextline = strchr (response, '\n');
-+          if (! nextline)
-+            /* Point to the NUL.  */
-+            nextline = &response[have];
-+          else
-+            /* Move past the \n.  */
-+            nextline ++;
-+
-+          consumed = (size_t) nextline - (size_t) response;
-+
-+          /* Skip any additional newlines.  */
-+          while (consumed < have && response[consumed] == '\n')
-+            consumed ++;
-+
-+          have -= consumed;
-+
-+          if (have)
-+            memmove (response, &response[consumed], have + 1);
-+
-+          continue;
-+        }
-+      else
-+        {
- #ifdef SPWQ_USE_LOGGING
--      log_error (_("problem with the agent\n"));
-+          log_error (_("problem with the agent (unexpected response \"%s\"\n"),
-+                     response);
- #endif
--      rc = SPWQ_ERR_RESPONSE;
-+          rc = SPWQ_ERR_RESPONSE;
-+        }
-+
-+      break;
-     }
- 
-  leave:
--- 
-2.6.3
-