diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d0afedd6b1..d7c7ed347f 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/aegis-test-fixup-1.patch            	\
   %D%/packages/patches/aegis-test-fixup-2.patch            	\
   %D%/packages/patches/agg-am_c_prototype.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/alsa-lib-mips-atomic-fix.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/antiword-CVE-2014-8123.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/apr-skip-getservbyname-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/arb-ldconfig.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index f9b8810b06..eadd18f78d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ intercept and print the system calls executed by the program.")
 (define-public alsa-lib
   (package
     (name "alsa-lib")
-    (version "1.0.27.1")
+    (version "1.1.3")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
@@ -873,10 +873,9 @@ intercept and print the system calls executed by the program.")
                    version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0fx057746dj7rjdi0jnvx2m9b0y1lgdkh1hks87d8w32xyihf3k9"))
-             (patches (search-patches "alsa-lib-mips-atomic-fix.patch"))))
+               "174n2psp0328xcy2f1ayls67598bxli6q9cf00d2qnac3012aa3i"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (home-page "http://www.alsa-project.org/")
+    (home-page "https://www.alsa-project.org/")
     (synopsis "The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture libraries")
     (description
      "The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/alsa-lib-mips-atomic-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/alsa-lib-mips-atomic-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c37bd3ac4..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/alsa-lib-mips-atomic-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-Fix the declarations of inlined atomic ops for mips.
-
-This patch was copied from Debian.
-
---- alsa-lib/include/iatomic.h.orig	2013-05-21 04:48:28.000000000 -0400
-+++ alsa-lib/include/iatomic.h	2013-10-29 13:01:37.055995968 -0400
-@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
-  * Atomically adds @i to @v.  Note that the guaranteed useful range
-  * of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.
-  */
--extern __inline__ void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t * v)
-+static __inline__ void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t * v)
- {
- 	unsigned long temp;
- 
-@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@
-  * Atomically subtracts @i from @v.  Note that the guaranteed
-  * useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.
-  */
--extern __inline__ void atomic_sub(int i, atomic_t * v)
-+static __inline__ void atomic_sub(int i, atomic_t * v)
- {
- 	unsigned long temp;
- 
-@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@
- /*
-  * Same as above, but return the result value
-  */
--extern __inline__ int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t * v)
-+static __inline__ int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t * v)
- {
- 	unsigned long temp, result;
- 
-@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
- 	return result;
- }
- 
--extern __inline__ int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t * v)
-+static __inline__ int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t * v)
- {
- 	unsigned long temp, result;
-