diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 0e912f280e..09d09caaee 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/flex-bison-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gawk-shell.patch				\
   gnu/packages/patches/gcc-cross-environment-variables.patch	\
-  gnu/packages/patches/gcc-fix-pr61801.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gd-mips64-deplibs-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-desktop.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-homedir.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 6dfdcea131..4b715f495e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -261,15 +261,14 @@ Go.  It also includes runtime support libraries for these languages.")
 
 (define-public gcc-4.8
   (package (inherit gcc-4.7)
-    (version "4.8.3")
+    (version "4.8.4")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gcc/gcc-"
                                  version "/gcc-" version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "07hg10zs7gnqz58my10ch0zygizqh0z0bz6pv4pgxx45n48lz3ka"))
-             (patches (list (search-patch "gcc-fix-pr61801.patch")))))))
+               "15c6gwm6dzsaagamxkak5smdkf1rdfbqqjs9jdbrp3lbg4ism02a"))))))
 
 (define-public gcc-4.9
   (package (inherit gcc-4.7)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-fix-pr61801.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-fix-pr61801.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e9cd92aa1c..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-fix-pr61801.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-GCC bug fix for <https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61801>.
-Initially discussed at
- <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-09/msg00283.html>.
-Patch from <https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc?view=revision&revision=212740>.
-
-2014-07-17  Richard Biener  <rguenther@suse.de>
-
-        PR rtl-optimization/61801
-
-        * sched-deps.c (sched_analyze_2): For ASM_OPERANDS and
-        ASM_INPUT don't set reg_pending_barrier if it appears in a
-        debug-insn.
-
---- gcc-4_8-branch/gcc/sched-deps.c	2014/07/17 07:48:49	212739
-+++ gcc-4_8-branch/gcc/sched-deps.c	2014/07/17 07:49:44	212740
-@@ -2744,7 +2744,8 @@
- 	   Consider for instance a volatile asm that changes the fpu rounding
- 	   mode.  An insn should not be moved across this even if it only uses
- 	   pseudo-regs because it might give an incorrectly rounded result.  */
--	if (code != ASM_OPERANDS || MEM_VOLATILE_P (x))
-+	if ((code != ASM_OPERANDS || MEM_VOLATILE_P (x))
-+	    && !DEBUG_INSN_P (insn))
- 	  reg_pending_barrier = TRUE_BARRIER;
- 
- 	/* For all ASM_OPERANDS, we must traverse the vector of input operands.