diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index ca15f3096d..6426673539 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -807,7 +807,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/findutils-makedev.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/findutils-test-xargs.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/flac-CVE-2017-6888.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/flann-cmake-3.11.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/flint-ldconfig.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/foomatic-filters-CVE-2015-8327.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/flac-CVE-2017-6888.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/flac-CVE-2017-6888.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d2583201b4..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/flac-CVE-2017-6888.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git;a=patch;h=4f47b63e9c971e6391590caf00a0f2a5ed612e67
-
-From 4f47b63e9c971e6391590caf00a0f2a5ed612e67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
-Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 18:34:49 +1000
-Subject: [PATCH] stream_decoder.c: Fix a memory leak
-
-Leak reported by Secunia Research.
----
- src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c b/src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c
-index 14d5fe7f..a5527511 100644
---- a/src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c
-+++ b/src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c
-@@ -1753,6 +1753,9 @@ FLAC__bool read_metadata_vorbiscomment_(FLAC__StreamDecoder *decoder, FLAC__Stre
- 					}
- 					memset (obj->comments[i].entry, 0, obj->comments[i].length) ;
- 					if (!FLAC__bitreader_read_byte_block_aligned_no_crc(decoder->private_->input, obj->comments[i].entry, obj->comments[i].length)) {
-+						/* Current i-th entry is bad, so we delete it. */
-+						free (obj->comments[i].entry) ;
-+						obj->comments[i].entry = NULL ;
- 						obj->num_comments = i;
- 						goto skip;
- 					}
--- 
-2.11.0
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xiph.scm b/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
index 804cfd39a7..bac6ac0d4d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
@@ -235,15 +235,14 @@ It currently supports:
 (define flac
   (package
    (name "flac")
-   (version "1.3.2")
+   (version "1.3.3")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "https://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0gymm2j3276kr9nz6vmgfwsdfrq6c449n40a0mzz8h6wc7nw7kwi"))
-            (patches (search-patches "flac-CVE-2017-6888.patch"))))
+              "0j0p9sf56a2fm2hkjnf7x3py5ir49jyavg4q5zdyd7bcf6yq4gi1"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments
     `(#:parallel-tests? #f))