diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d273b1c743..64e71a84f8 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/fcgi-2.4.0-poll.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/fifo-map-fix-flags-for-gcc.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/fifo-map-remove-catch.hpp.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/file-CVE-2017-1000249.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/findutils-test-xargs.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/flann-cmake-3.11.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/file-CVE-2017-1000249.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/file-CVE-2017-1000249.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 505acf1592..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/file-CVE-2017-1000249.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793.patch
-http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/05/3
-
-The patch is minorly modified to apply to file-5.30
-
-From 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 07:55:02 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix always true condition (Thomas Jarosch)
-
----
- src/readelf.c | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/readelf.c b/src/readelf.c
-index 81451827..5f425c97 100644
---- a/src/readelf.c
-+++ b/src/readelf.c
-@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ do_bid_note(struct magic_set *ms, unsigned char *nbuf, uint32_t type,
-     size_t noff, size_t doff, int *flags)
- {
- 	if (namesz == 4 && strcmp((char *)&nbuf[noff], "GNU") == 0 &&
--	    type == NT_GNU_BUILD_ID && (descsz >= 4 || descsz <= 20)) {
-+	    type == NT_GNU_BUILD_ID && (descsz >= 4 && descsz <= 20)) {
- 		uint8_t desc[20];
- 		const char *btype;
- 		uint32_t i;