diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 550897e75f..d65b50897d 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -688,7 +688,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/mupdf-CVE-2016-6525.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/mupen64plus-ui-console-notice.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/mutt-store-references.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/mysql-fix-failing-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/nasm-no-ps-pdf.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/net-tools-bitrot.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/netcdf-config-date.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index fc31653871..efd0adb05d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ SQL, Key/Value, XML/XQuery or Java Object storage for their data model.")
 (define-public mysql
   (package
     (name "mysql")
-    (version "5.7.13")
+    (version "5.7.15")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (list (string-append
@@ -215,10 +215,9 @@ SQL, Key/Value, XML/XQuery or Java Object storage for their data model.")
                         (string-append
                           "http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/"
                           name "-" version ".tar.gz")))
-             (patches (search-patches "mysql-fix-failing-test.patch"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "11qbib1xpy0zkki7j9ip17hks5kp5zgpcj7x8gy3a4m66lb1mgsh"))))
+               "0mlrxcvkn6bf869hjw9fb6m24ak26ndffnd91b4mknmz8cqkb1ch"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mysql-fix-failing-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/mysql-fix-failing-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 730d138c18..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/mysql-fix-failing-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-Fix spurious test failure:
-https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=81868
-
-Copied from Fedora:
-https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/community-mysql.git/diff/community-mysql-5.7.13-pfs-oom-unittest.patch?id=a51381c6f98b9cd6855bc89ba93398a949ef7098
-
-commit 6c23035b52284c2575f297311dfd0278bcbb0dd1
-Author: Christopher Powers <chris.powers@oracle.com>
-Date:   Mon May 2 19:43:31 2016 +0100
-
-    Bug#23186653 PERFORMANCE SCHEMA UNIT TESTS PFS_INSTR-OOM & PFS_INSTR_CLASS FAIL REGULARLY
-    
-    Two test cases pass on Windows but crash on Linux due to different init paths.
-    Now pass on both.
-
-diff --git a/storage/perfschema/unittest/pfs_instr-oom-t.cc b/storage/perfschema/unittest/pfs_instr-oom-t.cc
-index db74c9c..b6bc818 100644
---- a/storage/perfschema/unittest/pfs_instr-oom-t.cc
-+++ b/storage/perfschema/unittest/pfs_instr-oom-t.cc
-@@ -232,12 +232,14 @@ void test_oom()
-   ok(cond_2 == NULL, "oom (create cond)");
- 
-   /* Create file. */
--  stub_alloc_always_fails = false;
-   PFS_thread fake_thread;
-+  rc = init_instruments(&param);
-   fake_thread.m_filename_hash_pins= NULL;
-   init_file_hash(&param);
--  rc = init_instruments(&param);
--  ok(rc == 0, "instances init");
-+
-+  stub_alloc_always_fails = true;
-+  file_2 = find_or_create_file(&fake_thread, &dummy_file_class, "dummy", 5, true);
-+  ok(file_2 == NULL, "oom (create file)");
- 
-   stub_alloc_always_fails= false;
-   file_1= find_or_create_file(&fake_thread, &dummy_file_class, "dummy", 5, true);
-@@ -245,10 +247,6 @@ void test_oom()
-   release_file(file_1);
-   cleanup_instruments();
- 
--  stub_alloc_always_fails= true;
--  file_2= find_or_create_file(&fake_thread, &dummy_file_class, "dummy", 5, true);
--  ok(file_2 == NULL, "oom (create file)");
--
-   /* Create socket. */
-   stub_alloc_always_fails = false;
-   rc = init_instruments(&param);
-@@ -422,7 +420,7 @@ void do_all_tests()
- 
- int main(int, char **)
- {
--  plan(28);
-+  plan(32);
-   MY_INIT("pfs_instr-oom-t");
-   do_all_tests();
-   return 0;