diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d588a70787..d63ad25ec4 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -559,7 +559,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/cool-retro-term-fix-array-size.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/cool-retro-term-memory-leak-1.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/cool-retro-term-remove-non-free-fonts.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/coreutils-cut-huge-range-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/cpio-CVE-2016-2037.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/cpufrequtils-fix-aclocal.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index ef81f2069f..7147baeb0a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -292,15 +292,14 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.")
 (define-public coreutils
   (package
    (name "coreutils")
-   (version "8.27")
+   (version "8.28")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0sv547572iq8ayy8klir4hnngnx92a9nsazmf1wgzfc7xr4x74c8"))
-            (patches (search-patches "coreutils-cut-huge-range-test.patch"))))
+              "0r8c1bgm68kl70j1lgd0rv12iykw6143k4m9a56xip9rc2hv25qi"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("acl"  ,acl)                        ; TODO: add SELinux
              ("gmp"  ,gmp)                        ;bignums in 'expr', yay!
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-cut-huge-range-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-cut-huge-range-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e3a0ef28eb..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-cut-huge-range-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes 100% reproducible test failures on arm-linux-gnueabihf in our
-the build environment chroot, as reported at <https://bugs.gnu.org/26253>,
-and now on x86_64-linux-gnu as well.  It is a variant of this upstream patch:
-
-  commit f5422009389678680dba9ff4ecb7d33632ee3383
-  Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-  Date:   Mon Mar 27 20:34:39 2017 -0700
-
-      tests: avoid false ulimit failure on some systems
-
-      * tests/misc/cut-huge-range.sh: On some systems returns_ may
-      use more memory, so incorporate that in the determination
-      of the ulimit value to use.  Noticed on ARMv7 with bash-4.4.12,
-      and x86_64 with bash-4.2.37.
-      Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/26253
-
-... which appeared to be insufficient.
-
-diff --git a/tests/misc/cut-huge-range.sh b/tests/misc/cut-huge-range.sh
-index 6b3c5b6ed..55b7b640e 100755
---- a/tests/misc/cut-huge-range.sh
-+++ b/tests/misc/cut-huge-range.sh
-@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
- print_ver_ cut
- getlimits_
- 
--vm=$(get_min_ulimit_v_ cut -b1 /dev/null) \
-+vm=$(get_min_ulimit_v_ sh -c 'cut -b1 /dev/null') \
-   || skip_ "this shell lacks ulimit support"
- vm=$(($vm + 1000)) # avoid spurious failures
- 
- # sed script to subtract one from the input.
- # Each input line should consist of a positive decimal number.