diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 056a46cb79..639dd943d6 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1061,7 +1061,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-unittest2-python3-compat.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-unittest2-remove-argparse.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-waitress-fix-tests.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/qemu-CVE-2018-7550.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/qt4-ldflags.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/qtbase-use-TZDIR.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/qtscript-disable-tests.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/qemu-CVE-2018-7550.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/qemu-CVE-2018-7550.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 43f111e206..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/qemu-CVE-2018-7550.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2018-7550:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7550
-
-Patch copied from upstream source repository:
-
-https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=patch;h=2a8fcd119eb7c6bb3837fc3669eb1b2dfb31daf8
-
-From 2a8fcd119eb7c6bb3837fc3669eb1b2dfb31daf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jack Schwartz <jack.schwartz@oracle.com>
-Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:25:15 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] multiboot: bss_end_addr can be zero
-
-The multiboot spec (https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/),
-section 3.1.3, allows for bss_end_addr to be zero.
-
-A zero bss_end_addr signifies there is no .bss section.
-
-Suggested-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
-Signed-off-by: Jack Schwartz <jack.schwartz@oracle.com>
-Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
-Reviewed-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
----
- hw/i386/multiboot.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/hw/i386/multiboot.c b/hw/i386/multiboot.c
-index 46d9c68bf5..bb8d8e4629 100644
---- a/hw/i386/multiboot.c
-+++ b/hw/i386/multiboot.c
-@@ -233,12 +233,6 @@ int load_multiboot(FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
-         mh_entry_addr = ldl_p(header+i+28);
- 
-         if (mh_load_end_addr) {
--            if (mh_bss_end_addr < mh_load_addr) {
--                fprintf(stderr, "invalid mh_bss_end_addr address\n");
--                exit(1);
--            }
--            mb_kernel_size = mh_bss_end_addr - mh_load_addr;
--
-             if (mh_load_end_addr < mh_load_addr) {
-                 fprintf(stderr, "invalid mh_load_end_addr address\n");
-                 exit(1);
-@@ -249,8 +243,16 @@ int load_multiboot(FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
-                 fprintf(stderr, "invalid kernel_file_size\n");
-                 exit(1);
-             }
--            mb_kernel_size = kernel_file_size - mb_kernel_text_offset;
--            mb_load_size = mb_kernel_size;
-+            mb_load_size = kernel_file_size - mb_kernel_text_offset;
-+        }
-+        if (mh_bss_end_addr) {
-+            if (mh_bss_end_addr < (mh_load_addr + mb_load_size)) {
-+                fprintf(stderr, "invalid mh_bss_end_addr address\n");
-+                exit(1);
-+            }
-+            mb_kernel_size = mh_bss_end_addr - mh_load_addr;
-+        } else {
-+            mb_kernel_size = mb_load_size;
-         }
- 
-         /* Valid if mh_flags sets MULTIBOOT_HEADER_HAS_VBE.
--- 
-2.17.0
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
index 59b4c63293..86f4d71364 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -87,15 +87,14 @@
 (define-public qemu
   (package
     (name "qemu")
-    (version "2.11.1")
+    (version "2.12.0")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "https://download.qemu.org/qemu-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
-             (patches (search-patches "qemu-CVE-2018-7550.patch"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "11l6cs6mib16rgdrnqrhkqs033fjik316gkgfz3asbmxz38lalca"))))
+               "1z66spkm1prvhbq7h5mfnp0i6mmamsb938fqmdfvyrgzc7rh34z6"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(;; Running tests in parallel can occasionally lead to failures, like: