diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index db1c260da6..3ce87ee444 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1063,7 +1063,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/qtbase-use-TZDIR.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/qtscript-disable-tests.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/quagga-reproducible-build.patch          \
-  %D%/packages/patches/quassel-fix-tls-check.patch              \
   %D%/packages/patches/quickswitch-fix-dmenu-check.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/rapicorn-isnan.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/raptor2-heap-overflow.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/irc.scm b/gnu/packages/irc.scm
index 38a1fb3a2d..c376805f46 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/irc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/irc.scm
@@ -65,18 +65,17 @@
 (define-public quassel
   (package
     (name "quassel")
-    (version "0.12.4")
+    (version "0.12.5")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
         (uri (string-append "http://quassel-irc.org/pub/quassel-"
                             version ".tar.bz2"))
-        (patches (search-patches "quassel-fix-tls-check.patch"))
         (sha256
          (base32
-          "0ka456fb8ha3w7g74xlzfg6w4azxjjxgrhl4aqpbwg3lnd6fbr4k"))
+          "1qkl3sb4ijx4k17m0c42j2p5bc4jymypwhmplm942rbrzm6mg50q"))
         (modules '((guix build utils)))
-        ;; We don't want to install the bundles scripts
+        ;; We don't want to install the bundled scripts.
         (snippet
          '(begin
             (delete-file-recursively "data/scripts")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/quassel-fix-tls-check.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/quassel-fix-tls-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 057bc02a14..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/quassel-fix-tls-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-This allows quasselclient to connect to SSL-enabled quasselcore instances.
-
-The check in qglobal.h requires -fPIC (not -fPIE as it is now). When this check
-fails SSL / TLS is disabled.
-
-This patch comes from the upstream source repository [0] and can be
-removed when the next version is packaged.
-
-[0] https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/4768c9e99f99b581d4e32e797db91d0182391696
-
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ endif()
- cmake_push_check_state(RESET)
- set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${QT_INCLUDES} ${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS})
- set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${Qt5Core_EXECUTABLE_COMPILE_FLAGS}")
-+
-+if (USE_QT5 AND Qt5_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE)
-+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-fPIC -DQT_NO_VERSION_TAGGING")
-+endif()
-+
- check_cxx_source_compiles("
-     #include \"qglobal.h\"
-     #if defined QT_NO_SSL
-