diff --git a/gnu/packages/image.scm b/gnu/packages/image.scm
index 613d344b97..59113e3066 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image.scm
@@ -429,8 +429,7 @@ work.")
 (define-public openjpeg
   (package
     (name "openjpeg")
-    (replacement openjpeg-2.1.2)
-    (version "2.1.1")
+    (version "2.1.2")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -440,9 +439,11 @@ work.")
         (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
         (sha256
          (base32
-          "1anv0rjkbxw9kx91wvlfpb3dhppibda6kb1papny46bjzi3pzhl2"))
+          "19yz4g0c45sm8y1z01j9djsrl1mkz3pmw7fykc6hkvrqymp7prsc"))
         (patches (search-patches "openjpeg-CVE-2016-5157.patch"
-                                 "openjpeg-CVE-2016-7163.patch"))))
+                                 "openjpeg-CVE-2016-7163.patch"
+                                 "openjpeg-CVE-2016-9850-CVE-2016-9851.patch"
+                                 "openjpeg-CVE-2016-9572-CVE-2016-9573.patch"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
       ;; Trying to run `$ make check' results in a no rule fault.
@@ -466,28 +467,9 @@ error-resilience, a Java-viewer for j2k-images, ...")
     (home-page "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
 
-(define openjpeg-2.1.2
-  (package
-    (inherit openjpeg)
-    (name "openjpeg")
-    (version "2.1.2")
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (string-append "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/v"
-                            version ".tar.gz"))
-        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-        (sha256
-         (base32
-          "19yz4g0c45sm8y1z01j9djsrl1mkz3pmw7fykc6hkvrqymp7prsc"))
-        (patches
-          (search-patches "openjpeg-CVE-2016-9850-CVE-2016-9851.patch"
-                          "openjpeg-CVE-2016-9572-CVE-2016-9573.patch"))))))
-
 (define-public openjpeg-1
   (package (inherit openjpeg)
     (name "openjpeg")
-    (replacement #f)
     (version "1.5.2")
     (source
      (origin