diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 1151d4642e..ec3d6137e7 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -958,7 +958,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-highlight-stages-add-gexp.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-hyperbole-toggle-messaging.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-libgit-use-system-libgit2.patch    \
-  %D%/packages/patches/emacs-scheme-complete-scheme-r5rs-info.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-source-date-epoch.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-telega-patch-server-functions.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/emacs-telega-test-env.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 08cbb70b0a..c86452fe2b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -5722,10 +5722,12 @@ navigation to errors.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public emacs-scheme-complete
-  (let ((commit "9b5cf224bf2a5994bc6d5b152ff487517f1a9bb5"))
+  ;; Upstream does not provide tags.  The commit below corresponds to the
+  ;; exact version update.  Version is extracted from main file.
+  (let ((commit "5c0a16684a3be7021d67067b2955f1c3e17a320a"))
     (package
       (name "emacs-scheme-complete")
-      (version (string-append "20151223." (string-take commit 8)))
+      (version "0.9.9")
       (source
        (origin
          (method git-fetch)
@@ -5734,10 +5736,7 @@ navigation to errors.")
                (commit commit)))
          (file-name (git-file-name name version))
          (sha256
-          (base32
-           "141wn9l0m33w0g3dqmx8nxbfdny1r5xbr6ak61rsz21bk0qafs7x"))
-         (patches
-          (search-patches "emacs-scheme-complete-scheme-r5rs-info.patch"))))
+          (base32 "1smxr5bkzbfrjx21vhrj1wagmqx5yd92i997dbgs16iaqbzzr7cz"))))
       (build-system emacs-build-system)
       (home-page "https://github.com/ashinn/scheme-complete")
       (synopsis "Smart tab completion for Scheme in Emacs")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/emacs-scheme-complete-scheme-r5rs-info.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/emacs-scheme-complete-scheme-r5rs-info.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c49bdcdde..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/emacs-scheme-complete-scheme-r5rs-info.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Fix completion for R5RS Scheme.
-See https://github.com/ashinn/scheme-complete/issues/1
-
---- scheme-complete-master/scheme-complete.el.orig	2015-12-25 21:59:09.896909029 +0100
-+++ scheme-complete-master/scheme-complete.el	2015-12-25 21:59:17.924993998 +0100
-@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
-            '((exact->inexact (lambda (z) z))
-              (inexact->exact (lambda (z) z)))
-            (mapcar #'(lambda (x)
--                       (list x (scheme-env-lookup *scheme-r7rs-info* x)))
-+                       (scheme-env-lookup *scheme-r7rs-info* x))
-                    *scheme-r5rs-bindings*))))
-   *scheme-r5rs-info*)
-