diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index b89077e876..5d43fac5ad 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/luminance-hdr-qt-printer.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/lvm2-static-link.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/lxsession-use-gapplication.patch         \
-  %D%/packages/patches/lxterminal-CVE-2016-10369.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/make-impure-dirs.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/mars-install.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/mars-sfml-2.3.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lxde.scm b/gnu/packages/lxde.scm
index c616917bb7..02dacd3e87 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lxde.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lxde.scm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley@openmailbox.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -157,21 +158,16 @@ toolkit.  It allows users to monitor and control of running processes.")
 (define-public lxterminal
   (package
     (name "lxterminal")
-    (version "0.3.0")
+    (version "0.3.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/lxde/LXTerminal"
                                   "%20%28terminal%20emulator%29/LXTerminal%20"
                                   version "/" name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
-              (patches (search-patches "lxterminal-CVE-2016-10369.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1yf76s15zvfw0h42b0ay1slpq47khgjmcry8ki2z812zar9lchia"))))
+                "0jrc3m0hbxcmcgahwjlm46s2350gh80ggb6a90xy0h6xqa3z73fd"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(;; Tests for "po" fail with "No rule to make target '../src/encoding.c'
-       ;; needed by 'lxterminal.pot'. Stop."
-       #:tests? #f))
     (inputs `(("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)
               ("vte"  ,vte/gtk+-2)))
     (native-inputs `(("intltool"   ,intltool)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/lxterminal-CVE-2016-10369.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/lxterminal-CVE-2016-10369.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 809eef08da..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/lxterminal-CVE-2016-10369.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2016-10369:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10369
-
-Patch copied from upstream source repository:
-
-https://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/lxterminal.git;a=commit;h=f99163c6ff8b2f57c5f37b1ce5d62cf7450d4648
-
-From f99163c6ff8b2f57c5f37b1ce5d62cf7450d4648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Yao Wei <mwei@lxde.org>
-Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 00:47:55 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] fix: use g_get_user_runtime_dir for socket directory
-
-This bug is pointed out by stackexchange user that putting socket file in
-/tmp is a potential risk. Putting the socket dir in user directory could
-mitigate the risk.
----
- src/unixsocket.c | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/unixsocket.c b/src/unixsocket.c
-index 4c660ac..f88284c 100644
---- a/src/unixsocket.c
-+++ b/src/unixsocket.c
-@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ gboolean lxterminal_socket_initialize(LXTermWindow * lxtermwin, gint argc, gchar
-      * This function returns TRUE if this process should keep running and FALSE if it should exit. */
- 
-     /* Formulate the path for the Unix domain socket. */
--    gchar * socket_path = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/.lxterminal-socket%s-%s", gdk_display_get_name(gdk_display_get_default()), g_get_user_name());
-+    gchar * socket_path = g_strdup_printf("%s/.lxterminal-socket-%s", g_get_user_runtime_dir(), gdk_display_get_name(gdk_display_get_default()));
-+    printf("%s\n", socket_path);
- 
-     /* Create socket. */
-     int fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
--- 
-2.1.4
-