diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 009ca766d2..6cb37297f7 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/mcron-install.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/mdadm-gcc-4.9-fix.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/mhash-keygen-test-segfault.patch		\
-  gnu/packages/patches/mit-krb5-init-fix.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/mpc123-initialize-ao.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/mplayer2-theora-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/module-init-tools-moduledir.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm b/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
index b79d4d34bc..4327e1da65 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
@@ -29,18 +29,17 @@
 (define-public mit-krb5
   (package
     (name "mit-krb5")
-    (version "1.11.3")
+    (version "1.13.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/dist/krb5/"
                                   (string-copy version 0 (string-rindex version #\.))
                                   "/krb5-" version "-signed.tar"))
               (sha256 (base32
-                       "1daiaxgkxcryqs37w28v4x1vajqmay4l144d1zd9c2d7jjxr9gcs"))))
+                       "1qbdzyrws7d0q4filsibh28z54pd5l987jr0ygv43iq9085w6a75"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     `(("patch/init-fix" ,(search-patch "mit-krb5-init-fix.patch"))
-       ("bison" ,bison)
+     `(("bison" ,bison)
        ("perl" ,perl)))
     (arguments
      '(#:phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mit-krb5-init-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/mit-krb5-init-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 13e49c2789..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/mit-krb5-init-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Fix the early context initialization code to avoid assuming that
-arguments will be evaluated from right to left.
-
-Patch by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
-
---- src/lib/krb5/krb/t_cc_config.c.orig	2012-12-17 21:47:05.000000000 -0500
-+++ src/lib/krb5/krb/t_cc_config.c	2013-10-29 18:19:16.547994590 -0400
-@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
-     int c;
-     unsigned int i;
- 
--    bail_on_err(context, "Error initializing Kerberos library",
--                krb5_init_context(&context));
-+    ret = krb5_init_context(&context);
-+    bail_on_err(context, "Error initializing Kerberos library", ret);
-     bail_on_err(context, "Error getting location of default ccache",
-                 krb5_cc_default(context, &ccache));
-     server = NULL;