diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d4a09ef1a6..314f40bad1 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -723,7 +723,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/portmidi-modular-build.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/procmail-ambiguous-getline-debian.patch  \
   %D%/packages/patches/procmail-CVE-2014-3618.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/procps-non-linux.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/pt-scotch-build-parallelism.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/pulseaudio-fix-mult-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/pulseaudio-longer-test-timeout.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index f6352da486..56bcb3f594 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -532,16 +532,14 @@ block devices, UUIDs, TTYs, and many other tools.")
 (define-public procps
   (package
     (name "procps")
-    (version "3.3.11")
+    (version "3.3.12")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/procps-ng/Production/"
                                   "procps-ng-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1va4n0mpsq327ca9dqp4hnrpgs6821rp0f2m0jyc1bfjl9lk2jg9"))
-              (patches
-               (list (search-patch "procps-non-linux.patch")))))
+                "1m57w6jmry84njd5sgk5afycbglql0al80grx027kwqqcfw5mmkf"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:modules ((guix build utils)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/procps-non-linux.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/procps-non-linux.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d369aeb2c..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/procps-non-linux.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From aa9bd38d0a6fe53aff7f78fb2d9f61e55677c7b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 09:09:41 +1000
-Subject: [PATCH] tests: Conditionally add prctl to test process
-
-prctl was already bypassed on Cygwin systems. This extends to
-non-Linux systems such as kFreeBSD and Hurd.
-
----
- lib/test_process.c | 4 ++--
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/test_process.c b/lib/test_process.c
-index 6e652ed..6a4776c 100644
---- a/lib/test_process.c
-+++ b/lib/test_process.c
-@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <signal.h>
-+#ifdef __linux__
- #include <sys/prctl.h>
-+#endif
- #include "c.h"
- 
- #define DEFAULT_SLEEPTIME 300
-@@ -78,8 +80,10 @@
-     sigaction(SIGUSR1, &signal_action, NULL);
-     sigaction(SIGUSR2, &signal_action, NULL);
- 
-+#ifdef __linux__
-     /* set process name */
-     prctl(PR_SET_NAME, MY_NAME, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-+#endif
- 
-     while (sleep_time > 0) {
- 	sleep_time = sleep(sleep_time);
--- 
-2.8.2
-