diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 3d59e27e8f..508407399a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1125,7 +1125,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/pinentry-efl.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/pingus-boost-headers.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/pingus-sdl-libs-config.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/pius.patch       			\
   %D%/packages/patches/pixman-CVE-2016-5296.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/plink-1.07-unclobber-i.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/plink-endian-detection.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
index 7a7ff966bb..c5c99bfeb6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Troy Sankey <sankeytms@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Petter <petter@mykolab.ch>
-;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ signing, decryption, verification, and key-listing parsing.")
 (define-public pius
   (package
    (name "pius")
-   (version "2.2.6")
+   (version "2.2.7")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
@@ -636,15 +636,14 @@ signing, decryption, verification, and key-listing parsing.")
                   version "/pius-" version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "1893hzpx3zv724drqv48csrn0cm98xw4ymb1zmhs2jvjj1778zfj"))
-            (patches (search-patches "pius.patch"))))
+              "1nsl7czicv95j0gfz4s82ys3g3h2mwr6cq3ilid8bpz3iy7z4ipy"))))
    (build-system python-build-system)
-   (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)                ;for 'pius-party-worksheet'
+   (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)             ; for 'pius-party-worksheet'
              ("gpg" ,gnupg)
              ("python-six" ,python2-six)))
    (arguments
     `(#:tests? #f
-      #:python ,python-2                     ;uses the Python 2 'print' syntax
+      #:python ,python-2                ; uses the Python 2 'print' syntax
       #:phases
       (modify-phases %standard-phases
         (add-before
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/pius.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/pius.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index da39731d4d..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/pius.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-See https://github.com/jaymzh/pius/pull/96
-
-commit 4dba0bf75ab351969622f7b9c38484657411a528
-Author: Martin Kletzander <nert.pinx+github@gmail.com>
-Date:   Thu May 17 17:55:27 2018 +0200
-
-    Don't fail on ENCRYPTION_COMPLIANCE_MODE line from too new GnuPG (#96)
-    
-    GnuPG started printing information about encryption compliance in [commit
-    f31dc2540acf](https://dev.gnupg.org/rGf31dc2540acf7cd7f09fd94658e815822222bfcb)
-    and since then signing with pius fails.
-    
-    Closes #95
-    
-    Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <nert.pinx@gmail.com>
-
-diff --git a/libpius/signer.py b/libpius/signer.py
-index 3c7262f..13013bb 100644
---- a/libpius/signer.py
-+++ b/libpius/signer.py
-@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class PiusSigner(object):
-   GPG_PINENTRY_LAUNCHED = '[GNUPG:] PINENTRY_LAUNCHED'
-   GPG_KEY_CONSIDERED = '[GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED'
-   GPG_WARN_VERSION = '[GNUPG:] WARNING server_version_mismatch'
-+  GPG_ENC_COMPLIANT_MODE = '[GNUPG:] ENCRYPTION_COMPLIANCE_MODE'
- 
-   def __init__(self, signer, force_signer, mode, keyring, gpg_path, tmpdir,
-                outdir, encrypt_outfiles, mail, mailer, verbose, sort_keyring,
-@@ -431,6 +432,9 @@ class PiusSigner(object):
-       if PiusSigner.GPG_ENC_BEG in line:
-         debug('Got GPG_ENC_BEG')
-         continue
-+      elif PiusSigner.GPG_ENC_COMPLIANT_MODE in line:
-+        debug('Got ENCRYPTION_COMPLIANCE_MODE')
-+        continue
-       elif PiusSigner.GPG_ENC_END in line:
-         debug('Got GPG_ENC_END')
-         break