diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 2971f3f87b..aeeedf45fc 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -670,7 +670,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/beignet-correct-file-names.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/biber-fix-encoding-write.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/blast+-fix-makefile.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/boost-fix-icu-build.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/byobu-writable-status.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/calibre-no-updates-dialog.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index ced948a5d1..26fcc3a41a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ package provides command line tools using the Bio++ library.")
 (define-public blast+
   (package
     (name "blast+")
-    (version "2.6.0")
+    (version "2.7.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -1100,8 +1100,7 @@ package provides command line tools using the Bio++ library.")
                     version "/ncbi-blast-" version "+-src.tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "15n937pw5aqmyfjb6l387d18grqbb96l63d5xj4l7yyh0zbf2405"))
-              (patches (search-patches "blast+-fix-makefile.patch"))
+                "1jlq0afxxgczpp35k6mxh8mn4jzq7vqcnaixk166sfj10wq8v9qh"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet
                '(begin
@@ -1209,6 +1208,7 @@ package provides command line tools using the Bio++ library.")
                "include")) ;  33 MB
     (inputs
      `(("bzip2" ,bzip2)
+       ("lmdb" ,lmdb)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)
        ("pcre" ,pcre)
        ("perl" ,perl)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/blast+-fix-makefile.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/blast+-fix-makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bfa46a7e51..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/blast+-fix-makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Without this patch, the 'make install' attempts to 'install' a directory, which causes an error.
-
-diff --git a/c++/src/build-system/Makefile.in.top b/c++/src/build-system/Makefile.in.top
-index 1abe44f..d6000b3 100644
---- a/c++/src/build-system/Makefile.in.top
-+++ b/c++/src/build-system/Makefile.in.top
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ install-toolkit:
- 	    done
- 	cd $(includedir0) && find * -name CVS -prune -o -print |\
-             cpio -pd $(pincludedir)
--	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(incdir)/* $(pincludedir)
-+	cp -R $(incdir)/* $(pincludedir)
- ## set up appropriate build and status directories somewhere under $(libdir)?
- 
- install-gbench: