diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 2cc5d546b3..f2ce6c0a63 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -778,7 +778,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/netsurf-longer-test-timeout.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/ngircd-handle-zombies.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/ngircd-no-dns-in-tests.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/ninja-tests.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ninja-zero-mtime.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/node-9077.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/nss-pkgconfig.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ninja.scm b/gnu/packages/ninja.scm
index 8f18eb3560..2a53a3f5b3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ninja.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ninja.scm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 (define-public ninja
   (package
     (name "ninja")
-    (version "1.7.1")
+    (version "1.7.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/martine/ninja/"
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "06dy2dc1aafm61ynw9gzig88la3km9dsh53bxf4mnw7l7kjisn2i"))
-              (patches (search-patches "ninja-zero-mtime.patch"
-                                       "ninja-tests.patch"))))
+                "1n8n3g26ppwh7zwrc37n3alkbpbj0wki34ih53s3rkhs8ajs1p9f"))
+              (patches (search-patches "ninja-zero-mtime.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("python" ,python-2)))
     (arguments
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/ninja-tests.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/ninja-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f9b0d9f910..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/ninja-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-From 67d6b9262efad99f8aad63ab81efc8e689748766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
-Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 11:55:43 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] patch
-
----
- src/subprocess_test.cc | 4 ++++
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/subprocess_test.cc b/src/subprocess_test.cc
-index ee16190..a537c11 100644
---- a/src/subprocess_test.cc
-+++ b/src/subprocess_test.cc
-@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ TEST_F(SubprocessTest, NoSuchCommand) {
- 
- #ifndef _WIN32
- 
-+#if 0
- TEST_F(SubprocessTest, InterruptChild) {
-   Subprocess* subproc = subprocs_.Add("kill -INT $$");
-   ASSERT_NE((Subprocess *) 0, subproc);
-@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ TEST_F(SubprocessTest, InterruptChild) {
- 
-   EXPECT_EQ(ExitInterrupted, subproc->Finish());
- }
-+#endif
- 
- TEST_F(SubprocessTest, InterruptParent) {
-   Subprocess* subproc = subprocs_.Add("kill -INT $PPID ; sleep 1");
-@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ TEST_F(SubprocessTest, SetWithMulti) {
- // OS X's process limit is less than 1025 by default
- // (|sysctl kern.maxprocperuid| is 709 on 10.7 and 10.8 and less prior to that).
- #if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(_WIN32)
-+#if 0
- TEST_F(SubprocessTest, SetWithLots) {
-   // Arbitrary big number; needs to be over 1024 to confirm we're no longer
-   // hostage to pselect.
-@@ -245,6 +248,7 @@ TEST_F(SubprocessTest, SetWithLots) {
-   }
-   ASSERT_EQ(kNumProcs, subprocs_.finished_.size());
- }
-+#endif
- #endif  // !__APPLE__ && !_WIN32
- 
- // TODO: this test could work on Windows, just not sure how to simply
--- 
-2.9.0
-