diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 8ffc671142..77a8b2e1c5 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/bitlbee-configure-doc-fix.patch		\
-  gnu/packages/patches/bluez-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/boost-mips-avoid-m32.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/byobu-writable-status.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/calibre-drop-unrar.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 3d17e9de44..4319ed93af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ (define-public libaio
 (define-public bluez
   (package
     (name "bluez")
-    (version "5.35")
+    (version "5.36")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -2317,9 +2317,7 @@ (define-public bluez
                     version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1qphz25hganfnd5ipfscbj7s70anv5favmwqmi9ig2saciaf1zhs"))
-              (patches
-               (list (search-patch "bluez-tests.patch")))))
+                "1wkqwmi5krr37mxcqqlp5m2xnw7vw70v3ww7j09vvlskxcdflhx3"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/bluez-tests.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/bluez-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 608ded9be2..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/bluez-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 484ad8c9263bb524051a999ce19a994960e69572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6?= <iyzsong@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:48:57 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] unit/test-gobex-header: Fix duplicate test names
-
----
- unit/test-gobex-header.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/unit/test-gobex-header.c b/unit/test-gobex-header.c
-index 6f49312..8705892 100644
---- a/unit/test-gobex-header.c
-+++ b/unit/test-gobex-header.c
-@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 					test_header_encode_name_umlaut);
- 	g_test_add_func("/gobex/test_header_encode_body",
- 						test_header_encode_body);
--	g_test_add_func("/gobex/test_header_encode_connid",
-+	g_test_add_func("/gobex/test_header_encode_actionid",
- 						test_header_encode_actionid);
- 	g_test_add_func("/gobex/test_header_encode_apparam",
- 						test_header_encode_apparam);
--- 
-2.5.0
-