diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index c49e2313ab..74d898c116 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -532,7 +532,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/ilmbase-fix-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/imagemagick-test-segv.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/imlib2-CVE-2016-4024.patch		\
-  gnu/packages/patches/inkscape-drop-wait-for-targets.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/irrlicht-mesa-10.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/jasper-CVE-2007-2721.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/jasper-CVE-2008-3520.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm b/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm
index 16f83fc474..b09e84ee08 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2016 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "086v01jy896dj86bq7plrf6si4p6gh6ga2v5417llgmminycz8rc"))
-              (patch-flags '("-p0"))
-              (patches
-               (search-patches "inkscape-drop-wait-for-targets.patch"))))
+                "086v01jy896dj86bq7plrf6si4p6gh6ga2v5417llgmminycz8rc"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("aspell" ,aspell)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/inkscape-drop-wait-for-targets.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/inkscape-drop-wait-for-targets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dbe6641e2..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/inkscape-drop-wait-for-targets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-Copied from Fedora.
-
-http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/inkscape.git/plain/inkscape-0.91-drop-wait-for-targets.patch?id=eb5340800b563d6b05aa5f11a2f24f2cc0d8c80e
-
-=== modified file 'src/ui/clipboard.cpp'
---- src/ui/clipboard.cpp	2016-04-02 15:15:43 +0000
-+++ src/ui/clipboard.cpp	2016-04-07 16:30:32 +0000
-@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@
-     void _setClipboardColor(guint32);
-     void _userWarn(SPDesktop *, char const *);
- 
--    void _inkscape_wait_for_targets(std::list<Glib::ustring> &);
--
-     // private properites
-     SPDocument *_clipboardSPDoc; ///< Document that stores the clipboard until someone requests it
-     Inkscape::XML::Node *_defs; ///< Reference to the clipboard document's defs node
-@@ -1302,9 +1300,7 @@
-  */
- Glib::ustring ClipboardManagerImpl::_getBestTarget()
- {
--    // GTKmm's wait_for_targets() is broken, see the comment in _inkscape_wait_for_targets()
--    std::list<Glib::ustring> targets; // = _clipboard->wait_for_targets();
--    _inkscape_wait_for_targets(targets);
-+    std::list<Glib::ustring> targets = _clipboard->wait_for_targets();
- 
-     // clipboard target debugging snippet
-     /*
-@@ -1456,39 +1452,6 @@
-     desktop->messageStack()->flash(Inkscape::WARNING_MESSAGE, msg);
- }
- 
--
--// GTKMM's clipboard::wait_for_targets is buggy and might return bogus, see
--//
--// https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/296778
--// http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2009-June/msg00062.html
--//
--// for details. Until this has been fixed upstream we will use our own implementation
--// of this method, as copied from /gtkmm-2.16.0/gtk/gtkmm/clipboard.cc.
--void ClipboardManagerImpl::_inkscape_wait_for_targets(std::list<Glib::ustring> &listTargets)
--{
--    //Get a newly-allocated array of atoms:
--    GdkAtom* targets = NULL;
--    gint n_targets = 0;
--    gboolean test = gtk_clipboard_wait_for_targets( gtk_clipboard_get(GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD), &targets, &n_targets );
--    if (!test || (targets == NULL)) {
--        return;
--    }
--
--    //Add the targets to the C++ container:
--    for (int i = 0; i < n_targets; i++)
--    {
--        //Convert the atom to a string:
--        gchar* const atom_name = gdk_atom_name(targets[i]);
--
--        Glib::ustring target;
--        if (atom_name) {
--            target = Glib::ScopedPtr<char>(atom_name).get(); //This frees the gchar*.
--        }
--
--        listTargets.push_back(target);
--    }
--}
--
- /* #######################################
-           ClipboardManager class
-    ####################################### */
-