diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 9bd2b7e374..1231d37234 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1994,7 +1994,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/vinagre-newer-freerdp.patch             \
   %D%/packages/patches/vinagre-newer-rdp-parameters.patch      \
   %D%/packages/patches/virtuoso-ose-remove-pre-built-jar-files.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/vlc-dav1d-compat.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/vsearch-unbundle-cityhash.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/vte-CVE-2012-2738-pt1.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/vte-CVE-2012-2738-pt2.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/vlc-dav1d-compat.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/vlc-dav1d-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cb737faba..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/vlc-dav1d-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-Fix build against dav1d 1.0.
-
-  https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/merge_requests/1618
-
-Patch adjusted for VLC 3.0 taken from Gentoo:
-
-  https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/media-video/vlc/files/vlc-3.0.17.3-dav1d-1.0.0.patch
-
---- a/modules/codec/dav1d.c
-+++ b/modules/codec/dav1d.c
-@@ -63,10 +63,16 @@ vlc_module_begin ()
-     set_category(CAT_INPUT)
-     set_subcategory(SUBCAT_INPUT_VCODEC)
- 
-+#if DAV1D_API_VERSION_MAJOR >= 6
-+    add_integer_with_range("dav1d-thread-frames", 0, 0, DAV1D_MAX_THREADS,
-+                THREAD_FRAMES_TEXT, THREAD_FRAMES_LONGTEXT, false)
-+    add_obsolete_string("dav1d-thread-tiles") // unused with dav1d 1.0
-+#else
-     add_integer_with_range("dav1d-thread-frames", 0, 0, DAV1D_MAX_FRAME_THREADS,
-                 THREAD_FRAMES_TEXT, THREAD_FRAMES_LONGTEXT, false)
-     add_integer_with_range("dav1d-thread-tiles", 0, 0, DAV1D_MAX_TILE_THREADS,
-                 THREAD_TILES_TEXT, THREAD_TILES_LONGTEXT, false)
-+#endif
- vlc_module_end ()
- 
- /*****************************************************************************
-@@ -294,6 +300,11 @@ static int OpenDecoder(vlc_object_t *p_this)
-         return VLC_ENOMEM;
- 
-     dav1d_default_settings(&p_sys->s);
-+#if DAV1D_API_VERSION_MAJOR >= 6
-+    p_sys->s.n_threads = var_InheritInteger(p_this, "dav1d-thread-frames");
-+    if (p_sys->s.n_threads == 0)
-+        p_sys->s.n_threads = (i_core_count < 16) ? i_core_count : 16;
-+#else
-     p_sys->s.n_tile_threads = var_InheritInteger(p_this, "dav1d-thread-tiles");
-     if (p_sys->s.n_tile_threads == 0)
-         p_sys->s.n_tile_threads =
-@@ -303,6 +314,7 @@ static int OpenDecoder(vlc_object_t *p_this)
-     p_sys->s.n_frame_threads = var_InheritInteger(p_this, "dav1d-thread-frames");
-     if (p_sys->s.n_frame_threads == 0)
-         p_sys->s.n_frame_threads = (i_core_count < 16) ? i_core_count : 16;
-+#endif
-     p_sys->s.allocator.cookie = dec;
-     p_sys->s.allocator.alloc_picture_callback = NewPicture;
-     p_sys->s.allocator.release_picture_callback = FreePicture;
-@@ -313,12 +325,20 @@ static int OpenDecoder(vlc_object_t *p_this)
-         return VLC_EGENERIC;
-     }
- 
-+#if DAV1D_API_VERSION_MAJOR >= 6
-+    msg_Dbg(p_this, "Using dav1d version %s with %d threads",
-+            dav1d_version(), p_sys->s.n_threads);
-+
-+    dec->i_extra_picture_buffers = (p_sys->s.n_threads - 1);
-+#else
-     msg_Dbg(p_this, "Using dav1d version %s with %d/%d frame/tile threads",
-             dav1d_version(), p_sys->s.n_frame_threads, p_sys->s.n_tile_threads);
- 
-+    dec->i_extra_picture_buffers = (p_sys->s.n_frame_threads - 1);
-+#endif
-+
-     dec->pf_decode = Decode;
-     dec->pf_flush = FlushDecoder;
--    dec->i_extra_picture_buffers = (p_sys->s.n_frame_threads - 1);
- 
-     dec->fmt_out.video.i_width = dec->fmt_in.video.i_width;
-     dec->fmt_out.video.i_height = dec->fmt_in.video.i_height;
-GitLab
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 8938c9835d..9f3aa998b2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1931,7 +1931,6 @@ (define-public vlc
                     "https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/"
                     (car (string-split version #\-))
                     "/vlc-" version ".tar.xz"))
-              (patches (search-patches "vlc-dav1d-compat.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1v7db9icrb12yz7banq2wvpjpvqfrj031yj1kf5smn35qcwl82ap"))))