diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 0165519af5..c7ba159ad5 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/ghostscript-runpath.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-networking-ssl-cert-file.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-desktop.patch			\
-  gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-homedir.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-prlimit.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-timer.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-gapplication.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index 523116d8ac..13f3f3a8a2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ shared NFS home directories.")
             (sha256
              (base32
               "1yzxr1ip3l0m9ydk5nq32piq70c9f17p5f0jyvlsghzbaawh67ss"))
-            (patches (search-patches "glib-tests-homedir.patch"
-                                     "glib-tests-desktop.patch"
+            (patches (search-patches "glib-tests-desktop.patch"
                                      "glib-tests-prlimit.patch"
                                      "glib-tests-timer.patch"
                                      "glib-tests-gapplication.patch"))))
@@ -170,6 +169,7 @@ shared NFS home directories.")
                                    "/share/zoneinfo"))
 
             ;; Some tests want write access there.
+            (setenv "HOME" (getcwd))
             (setenv "XDG_CACHE_HOME" (getcwd))
 
             (substitute* '("glib/gspawn.c"
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ shared NFS home directories.")
               (("/bin/sh")
                (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "bash") "/bin/sh")))
 
+            ;; Disable a test that requires /etc/machine-id.
+            (substitute* "gio/tests/gdbus-peer.c"
+              (("g_test_add_func.*/gdbus/codegen-peer-to-peer.*") ""))
             ;; Disable a test that requires dbus.
             (substitute* "gio/tests/gdbus-serialization.c"
               (("g_test_add_func \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-homedir.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-homedir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a2bcf1a23..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-homedir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-`g_get_home_dir' looks at /etc/passwd first, which fails in chroot builds.
-The gdbus tests use it to lookup .dbus-keyrings, so they cannot run in our
-chroot build environment.  Thus, disable them.
-
---- glib-2.34.3/gio/tests/gdbus-connection-flush.c	2013-01-16 17:29:46.000000000 +0100
-+++ glib-2.34.3/gio/tests/gdbus-connection-flush.c	2013-01-16 17:29:47.000000000 +0100
-@@ -373,10 +373,6 @@ main (int   argc,
-   g_type_init ();
-   g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
- 
--  g_test_add ("/gdbus/connection/flush/busy", Fixture, NULL,
--              setup, test_flush_busy, teardown);
--  g_test_add ("/gdbus/connection/flush/idle", Fixture, NULL,
--              setup, test_flush_idle, teardown);
- 
-   ret = g_test_run();
-
---- glib-2.38.0.orig/gio/tests/gdbus-peer.c     2013-08-08 12:00:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ glib-2.38.0/gio/tests/gdbus-peer.c  2013-09-30 19:36:40.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1746,11 +1746,6 @@
-
-   g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/peer-to-peer", test_peer);
-   g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/delayed-message-processing", delayed_message_processing);
--  g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/nonce-tcp", test_nonce_tcp);
--
--  g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/tcp-anonymous", test_tcp_anonymous);
--  g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/credentials", test_credentials);
--  g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/codegen-peer-to-peer", codegen_test_peer);
-
-   ret = g_test_run();
- 
---- glib-2.37.1/gio/tests/gdbus-exit-on-close.c	2013-06-07 23:41:34.000000000 +0200
-+++ glib-2.37.1/gio/tests/gdbus-exit-on-close.c	2013-06-07 23:41:40.000000000 +0200
-@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ main (int   argc,
- 
-   g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
- 
-+  return g_test_run();
-   for (i = 0; cases[i].name != NULL; i++)
-     {
-       gchar *name;
-@@ -224,5 +225,4 @@ main (int   argc,
-       g_free (name);
-     }
- 
--  return g_test_run();
- }
-
---- glib-2.34.3/gio/tests/gdbus-non-socket.c	2013-01-16 18:13:25.000000000 +0100
-+++ glib-2.34.3/gio/tests/gdbus-non-socket.c	2013-01-16 18:13:27.000000000 +0100
-@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ main (int   argc,
-   g_type_init ();
-   g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
- 
--  g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/non-socket", test_non_socket);
- 
-   ret = g_test_run();
- 
-