diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index c819b5ab97..6cdc1e3345 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/w3m-force-ssl_verify_server-on.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/w3m-disable-sslv2-and-sslv3.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/w3m-disable-weak-ciphers.patch		\
-  gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-2.4-sql-init-string.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/weechat-python.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/weex-vacopy.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/wicd-bitrate-none-fix.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-2.4-sql-init-string.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-2.4-sql-init-string.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 671b5fb910..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-2.4-sql-init-string.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Copied from Fedora.
-
-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189303
-http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/webkitgtk.git/commit/?id=e689e45d0cc2c50484e69d20371ba607af7326f3
-
-diff -up webkitgtk-2.4.9/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteStatement.cpp.sql_initialize_string webkitgtk-2.4.9/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteStatement.cpp
---- webkitgtk-2.4.9/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteStatement.cpp.sql_initialize_string	2015-09-14 09:25:43.004200172 +0200
-+++ webkitgtk-2.4.9/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteStatement.cpp	2015-09-14 09:25:57.852082368 +0200
-@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int SQLiteStatement::prepare()
-     // this lets SQLite avoid an extra string copy.
-     size_t lengthIncludingNullCharacter = query.length() + 1;
- 
--    const char* tail;
-+    const char* tail = nullptr;
-     int error = sqlite3_prepare_v2(m_database.sqlite3Handle(), query.data(), lengthIncludingNullCharacter, &m_statement, &tail);
- 
-     if (error != SQLITE_OK)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
index 3f2d11e70c..a57c11b98b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
@@ -136,16 +136,14 @@ HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web browsers.")
 (define-public webkitgtk-2.4
   (package (inherit webkitgtk)
     (name "webkitgtk")
-    (version "2.4.9")
+    (version "2.4.10")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://www.webkitgtk.org/releases/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0r651ar3p0f8zwl7764kyimxk5hy88cwy116pv8cl5l8hbkjkpxg"))
-              (patches
-               (list (search-patch "webkitgtk-2.4-sql-init-string.patch")))))
+                "0566yx5lxi40g0wpvmwbc8y76akd7zph7flrjdp2vv3z1nra9z9k"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:tests? #f ; no tests