diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 73221b870c..a492716eb7 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/ttf2eot-cstddef.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ttfautohint-source-date-epoch.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/tophat-build-with-later-seqan.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/torsocks-dns-test.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/totem-debug-format-fix.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/tuxpaint-stamps-path.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/unzip-CVE-2014-8139.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/torsocks-dns-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/torsocks-dns-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba70ba5933..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/torsocks-dns-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Skip DNS tests that rely on the ability to look up arbitary
-host names.
-
---- torsocks/tests/test_dns.c	2015-11-10 18:30:53.955941984 +0100
-+++ torsocks/tests/test_dns.c	2015-11-10 18:31:02.199941892 +0100
-@@ -134,11 +134,8 @@ static void test_getaddrinfo(const struc
- int main(int argc, char **argv)
- {
- 	/* Libtap call for the number of tests planned. */
--	plan_tests(NUM_TESTS);
-+	plan_tests(1);
- 
--	test_getaddrinfo(&tor_check);
--    test_gethostbyname(&tor_dir_auth1);
--	test_gethostbyaddr(&tor_dir_auth2);
- 	test_getaddrinfo(&tor_localhost);
- 
-     return 0;
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor.scm b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
index 0812b575ce..e6fbf6e005 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ (define-module (gnu packages tor)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libevent)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pcre)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages qt)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
@@ -73,28 +72,16 @@ (define-public tor
 (define-public torsocks
   (package
     (name "torsocks")
-    (version "2.0.0")
+    (version "2.2.0")
     (source (origin
-              (method git-fetch)
-              (uri (git-reference
-                    (url "https://git.torproject.org/torsocks.git")
-                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://people.torproject.org/~dgoulet/"
+                                  name "/" name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0an2q5ail9z414riyjbkjkm29504hy778j914baz2gn5hlv2cfak"))
-              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
-              (patches (search-patches "torsocks-dns-test.patch"))))
+                "0byr9ga9w79qz4vp0m11sbmspad7fsal9wm67r4znzb7zb7cis19"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     '(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                  (add-before 'configure 'bootstrap
-                    (lambda _
-                      (system* "autoreconf" "-vfi"))))))
-    (native-inputs `(("autoconf" ,(autoconf-wrapper))
-                     ("automake" ,automake)
-                     ("libtool" ,libtool)
-                     ("perl-test-harness" ,perl-test-harness)))
-    (home-page "http://www.torproject.org/")
+    (home-page "https://www.torproject.org/")
     (synopsis "Use socks-friendly applications with Tor")
     (description
      "Torsocks allows you to use most socks-friendly applications in a safe