diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 78398f617a..32f38c385a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -1339,14 +1339,7 @@ widgets built in the loading process.")
                                   name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "129ka3nn8gx9dlfry17ib79azxk45wzfv5rgqzw6dwx2b5ns8phm"))
-              (modules '((guix build utils)))
-              (snippet
-               ;; Adapt to newer freetype. As the package is deprecated, there
-               ;; is no use in creating a patch and reporting it.
-               '(substitute* '("libgnomeprint/gnome-font-face.c"
-                               "libgnomeprint/gnome-rfont.c")
-                  (("freetype/") "freetype2/")))))
+                "129ka3nn8gx9dlfry17ib79azxk45wzfv5rgqzw6dwx2b5ns8phm"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("popt" ,popt)