diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index d6369b5ddd..bf9459d663 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/clang-libc-search-path.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/clucene-pkgconfig.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/cmake-fix-tests.patch			\
-  gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-CVE-2014-9112-pt1.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-CVE-2014-9112-pt2.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-CVE-2014-9112-pt3.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 31331a1080..9a433ae5e4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -238,15 +238,14 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.")
 (define-public coreutils
   (package
    (name "coreutils")
-   (version "8.23")
+   (version "8.24")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0bdq6yggyl7nkc2pbl6pxhhyx15nyqhz3ds6rfn448n6rxdwlhzc"))
-            (patches (list (search-patch "coreutils-dummy-man.patch")))))
+              "0w11jw3fb5sslf0f72kxy7llxgk1ia3a6bcw0c9kmvxrlj355mx2"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("acl"  ,acl)                        ; TODO: add SELinux
              ("gmp"  ,gmp)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a43cfc47c3..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Patch adapted from <http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/plain/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils-8.22/fix-for-dummy-man-usage.patch>.
-
-Fix for 'dummy-man' usage, when cross-compiling.
-
-The options should be before the final argument, otherwise, the following error
-would appear when compiling:
-
-  dummy-man: too many non-option arguments
-
---- coreutils-8.23/Makefile.in	2014-07-18 18:22:24.000000000 -0400
-+++ coreutils-8.23/Makefile.in	2014-08-03 20:21:10.849158313 -0400
-@@ -14076,8 +14076,8 @@
- 	  && $(run_help2man)						\
- 		     --source='$(PACKAGE_STRING)'			\
- 		     --include=$(srcdir)/man/$$name.x			\
--		     --output=$$t/$$name.1 $$t/$$argv			\
- 		     --info-page='coreutils \(aq'$$name' invocation\(aq' \
-+		     --output=$$t/$$name.1 $$t/$$argv			\
- 	  && sed \
- 	       -e 's|$*\.td/||g' \
- 	       -e '/For complete documentation/d' \