diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index b8b5b2ce53..af3f764648 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/bigloo-gc-shebangs.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
-  gnu/packages/patches/ccache-stdc-predef-test.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cdparanoia-fpic.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/clucene-pkgconfig.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/cmake-fix-tests.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ccache.scm b/gnu/packages/ccache.scm
index 4918ec9609..2b45ab09d6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ccache.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ccache.scm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 (define-public ccache
   (package
     (name "ccache")
-    (version "3.1.9")
+    (version "3.1.10")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
                           version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "1i06015jjc0n55xgvhv2h37fjp0i7z8a10s0v40f87c5mprzv0a9"))
-      (patches (list (search-patch "ccache-stdc-predef-test.patch")))))
+        "0mr8n1nbykxw4rs55ad8wd6xmfhihn09mxpxb91sn9mlsd1ryhw8"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)))   ;for test.sh
     (inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/ccache-stdc-predef-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/ccache-stdc-predef-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bd9444c2df..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/ccache-stdc-predef-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-This patch is a combination of the following commits::
-
-  https://git.samba.org/?p=ccache.git;a=commit;h=b5d63f81c1a83fd4c50b769a96a04f581b7db70c
-  https://git.samba.org/?p=ccache.git;a=commit;h=a11f5688748ecb49f590b3f4bc0e9b3458f9a56f
-  https://git.samba.org/?p=ccache.git;a=commit;h=5a9322c56ed0cd16255966e99077843aae57ab3e
-
-from the general discussion at
-http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.compilers.ccache/1089
-
---- a/test.sh
-+++ b/test.sh
-@@ -562,6 +562,12 @@
- EOF
-     backdate test1.h test2.h test3.h
- 
-+    $COMPILER -c -Wp,-MD,expected.d test.c
-+    expected_d_content=`cat expected.d`
-+
-+    $COMPILER -c -Wp,-MMD,expected_mmd.d test.c
-+    expected_mmd_d_content=`cat expected_mmd.d`
-+
-     ##################################################################
-     # First compilation is a miss.
-     testname="first compilation"
-@@ -677,7 +683,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f other.d
- 
-@@ -685,7 +691,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f other.d
- 
-@@ -698,7 +704,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_mmd_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f other.d
- 
-@@ -706,7 +712,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_mmd_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f other.d
- 
-@@ -760,7 +766,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile test.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile test.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f test.d
- 
-@@ -768,7 +774,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile test.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile test.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     ##################################################################
-     # Check the scenario of running a ccache with direct mode on a cache
-@@ -780,7 +786,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile test.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile test.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f test.d
- 
-@@ -788,7 +794,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile test.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile test.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f test.d
- 
-@@ -796,7 +802,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 2
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile test.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile test.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f test.d
- 
-@@ -804,7 +810,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 2
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile test.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile test.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     ##################################################################
-     # Check that -MF works.
-@@ -815,7 +821,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     rm -f other.d
- 
-@@ -823,7 +829,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     ##################################################################
-     # Check that a missing .d file in the cache is handled correctly.
-@@ -835,13 +841,13 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     $CCACHE $COMPILER -c -MD test.c
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 0
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     find $CCACHE_DIR -name '*.d' -exec rm -f '{}' \;
- 
-@@ -849,7 +855,7 @@
-     checkstat 'cache hit (direct)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache hit (preprocessed)' 1
-     checkstat 'cache miss' 1
--    checkfile other.d "test.o: test.c test1.h test3.h test2.h"
-+    checkfile other.d "$expected_d_content"
- 
-     ##################################################################
-     # Check that stderr from both the preprocessor and the compiler is emitted