diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index b1bd1c089c..d0e84c5972 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-mox3-python3.6-compat.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-paste-remove-website-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-paste-remove-timing-test.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/python-pygit2-disable-network-tests.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-pycrypto-CVE-2013-7459.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python2-pygobject-2-gi-info-type-error-domain.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/python-pygpgme-fix-pinentry-tests.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python-pygit2-disable-network-tests.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python-pygit2-disable-network-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5578e4c375..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/python-pygit2-disable-network-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-Disable tests trying to look up remote servers.
-
-diff --git a/test/test_credentials.py b/test/test_credentials.py
---- a/test/test_credentials.py
-+++ b/test/test_credentials.py
-@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class CredentialCreateTest(utils.NoRepoTestCase):
-         self.assertEqual((username, None, None, None), cred.credential_tuple)
- 
- 
-+@unittest.skipIf(True, "network tests are not supported in Guix")
- class CredentialCallback(utils.RepoTestCase):
-     def test_callback(self):
-         class MyCallbacks(pygit2.RemoteCallbacks):
-@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ class CredentialCallback(utils.RepoTestCase):
-         remote = self.repo.create_remote("github", url)
-         self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: remote.fetch(callbacks=MyCallbacks()))
- 
-+@unittest.skipIf(True, "network tests are not supported in Guix")
- class CallableCredentialTest(utils.RepoTestCase):
- 
-     def test_user_pass(self):
-diff --git a/test/test_repository.py b/test/test_repository.py
---- a/test/test_repository.py
-+++ b/test/test_repository.py
-@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ class CloneRepositoryTest(utils.NoRepoTestCase):
-         self.assertTrue('refs/remotes/custom_remote/master' in repo.listall_references())
-         self.assertIsNotNone(repo.remotes["custom_remote"])
- 
-+    @unittest.skipIf(True, "network tests are not supported in Guix")
-     def test_clone_with_credentials(self):
-         repo = clone_repository(
-             "https://bitbucket.org/libgit2/testgitrepository.git",
-diff --git a/test/test_submodule.py b/test/test_submodule.py
---- a/test/test_submodule.py
-+++ b/test/test_submodule.py
-@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ SUBM_PATH = 'submodule'
- SUBM_URL = 'https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2'
- SUBM_HEAD_SHA = '819cbff552e46ac4b8d10925cc422a30aa04e78e'
- 
-+@unittest.skipIf(True, "network tests are not supported in Guix")
- class SubmoduleTest(utils.SubmoduleRepoTestCase):
- 
-     def test_lookup_submodule(self):
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 3c46102da1..6ab6763a96 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -3265,16 +3265,14 @@ association studies (GWAS) on extremely large data sets.")
 (define-public python-pygit2
   (package
     (name "python-pygit2")
-    (version "0.26.0")
+    (version "0.26.4")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "pygit2" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1cbc488ra3kg7r3qky17ms0szi3cda2d96qfkv1l9djsy9hnvw57"))
-       (patches
-        (search-patches "python-pygit2-disable-network-tests.patch"))))
+         "145k3fsd21274swia7mcc7n3kzlbd47xmg55mxsjdb5d9b7fr858"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("python-six" ,python-six)