diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
index ffad57ef5e..70c133881c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -85,16 +85,15 @@ Daemon and possibly more in the future.")
 
 (define-public libgcrypt
   (package
-    (replacement libgcrypt/fixed)
     (name "libgcrypt")
-    (version "1.7.8")
+    (version "1.8.1")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnupg/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-"
                                  version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "16f1rsv4y4w2pk1il2jbcqggsb6mrlfva5vayd205fp68zm7d0ll"))))
+               "1cvqd9jk5qshbh48yh3ixw4zyr4n5k50r3475rrh20xfn7w7aa3s"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("libgpg-error-host" ,libgpg-error)))
@@ -120,18 +119,6 @@ generation.")
     (properties '((ftp-server . "ftp.gnupg.org")
                   (ftp-directory . "/gcrypt/libgcrypt")))))
 
-(define libgcrypt/fixed
-  (package
-    (inherit libgcrypt)
-    (version "1.8.1")
-    (source (origin
-             (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnupg/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-"
-                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
-             (sha256
-              (base32
-               "1cvqd9jk5qshbh48yh3ixw4zyr4n5k50r3475rrh20xfn7w7aa3s"))))))
-
 (define-public libassuan
   (package
     (name "libassuan")