diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index b4bebaa527..0b07ea196d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -245,23 +245,14 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.")
 (define-public coreutils
   (package
    (name "coreutils")
-   (version "8.24")
+   (version "8.25")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0w11jw3fb5sslf0f72kxy7llxgk1ia3a6bcw0c9kmvxrlj355mx2"))
-            (patches
-             (list (origin
-                     (method url-fetch)
-                     (uri "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/\
-patch/?id=3ba68f9e64fa2eb8af22d510437a0c6441feb5e0")
-                     (sha256
-                      (base32
-                       "1dnlszhc8lihhg801i9sz896mlrgfsjfcz62636prb27k5hmixqz"))
-                     (file-name "coreutils-tail-inotify-race.patch"))))))
+              "11yfrnb94xzmvi4lhclkcmkqsbhww64wf234ya1aacjvg82prrii"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("acl"  ,acl)                        ; TODO: add SELinux
              ("gmp"  ,gmp)                        ;bignums in 'expr', yay!