diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 829693af76..3a0d5c2557 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -688,7 +688,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/ocaml-CVE-2015-8869.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/ocaml-findlib-make-install.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/openexr-missing-samples.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/openimageio-boost-1.60.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/openjpeg-CVE-2015-6581.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/openjpeg-use-after-free-fix.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/openssh-CVE-2015-8325.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
index 3ba59288d4..f6298ce394 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ storage of the \"EXR\" file format for storing 16-bit floating-point images.")
 (define-public openimageio
   (package
     (name "openimageio")
-    (version "1.5.18")
+    (version "1.6.15")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/OpenImageIO/oiio/"
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ storage of the \"EXR\" file format for storing 16-bit floating-point images.")
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0mn7cz19mn8dcrhkq15h25gl20ammr1wz0j2j3c2vxs6ph7zn8jy"))
-              (patches (search-patches "openimageio-boost-1.60.patch"))))
+                "144crq0205d0w5aq4iglh2rhzf54a8rv3pksy6d533b75w5d7rq7"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     ;; FIXME: To run all tests successfully, test image sets from multiple
     ;; third party sources have to be present.  For details see
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/openimageio-boost-1.60.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/openimageio-boost-1.60.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 92fc3237bb..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/openimageio-boost-1.60.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From 875fbbd92695397bfc83d1cd5fdd4094e1d50199 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Larry Gritz <lg@larrygritz.com>
-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 11:46:07 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Python ImageCache binding fixes -- disable broken calls
-
-Some of these calls (thankfully undocumented and presumably unused)
-are horribly broken. They compiled before, but with new Boost 1.60
-they don't even compile properly. So just comment them out on this
-obsolete branch. They are fully fixed in RB-1.6 and beyond.
-
---- a/src/python/py_imagecache.cpp
-+++ b/src/python/py_imagecache.cpp
-@@ -199,23 +199,24 @@ void declare_imagecache()
-         .def("destroy", &ImageCacheWrap::destroy)
-         .staticmethod("destroy")
-         .def("clear", &ImageCacheWrap::clear)
--        .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute)
-+        // .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute)
-         .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute_int)
-         .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute_float)
--        .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute_double)
--        .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute_char)
-+        // .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute_double)
-+        // .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute_char)
-         .def("attribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute_string)
--        .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute)
-+        // .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::attribute)
-         .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::getattribute_int)
-         .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::getattribute_float)
--        .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::getattribute_double)
--        .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::getattribute_char)
-+        // .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::getattribute_double)
-+        // .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::getattribute_char)
-         .def("getattribute", &ImageCacheWrap::getattribute_string)
--        .def("resolve_filename", &ImageCacheWrap::resolve_filename)
--        .def("get_image_info", &ImageCacheWrap::get_image_info)
--        .def("get_image_info", &ImageCacheWrap::get_image_info_old)
-+        // .def("get_image_info", &ImageCacheWrap::get_image_info)
-+        // .def("get_image_info", &ImageCacheWrap::get_image_info_old)
-         .def("get_imagespec", &ImageCacheWrap::get_imagespec)
--        .def("get_pixels", &ImageCacheWrap::get_pixels)
-+        // .def("get_pixels", &ImageCacheWrap::get_pixels)
-+        .def("resolve_filename", &ImageCacheWrap::resolve_filename)
-+
- //      .def("get_tile", &ImageCacheWrap::get_tile)
- //      .def("release_tile", &ImageCacheWrap::release_tile)
- //      .def("tile_pixels", &ImageCacheWrap::tile_pixels)