diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 16b80fde9d..26ce266e4b 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/glog-gcc-5-demangling.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gmp-arm-asm-nothumb.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gmp-faulty-test.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/gnome-shell-CVE-2017-8288.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnome-tweak-tool-search-paths.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gnucash-price-quotes-perl.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 14101c8d36..4123cdf097 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4990,16 +4990,15 @@ properties, screen resolution, and other GNOME parameters.")
 (define-public gnome-shell
   (package
     (name "gnome-shell")
-    (version "3.22.2")
+    (version "3.24.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/"
                                   (version-major+minor version) "/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
-              (patches (search-patches "gnome-shell-CVE-2017-8288.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "16smvjfrpyfphv479hjky5261hgl4kli4q86bcb2b8xdcav4w3yq"))))
+                "1xp2ccmdrvzlczsrcplykwqwx2v4lbmkr0rxyylb06danlw9mivh"))))
     (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gnome-shell-CVE-2017-8288.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gnome-shell-CVE-2017-8288.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d8e31563f..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gnome-shell-CVE-2017-8288.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-Fix CVE-2017-8288:
-
-https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8288
-http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/136
-
-Patch copied from upstream source repository:
-
-https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=ff425d1db7082e2755d2a405af53861552acf2a1
-
-From ff425d1db7082e2755d2a405af53861552acf2a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:27:42 +0200
-Subject: extensionSystem: handle reloading broken extensions
-
-Some extensions out there may fail to reload. When that happens,
-we need to catch any exceptions so that we don't leave things in
-a broken state that could lead to leaving extensions enabled in
-the screen shield.
-
-https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781728
----
- js/ui/extensionSystem.js | 12 ++++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/js/ui/extensionSystem.js b/js/ui/extensionSystem.js
-index a4dc29e..fc352b8 100644
---- a/js/ui/extensionSystem.js
-+++ b/js/ui/extensionSystem.js
-@@ -282,12 +282,20 @@ function _onVersionValidationChanged() {
-     // temporarily disable them all
-     enabledExtensions = [];
-     for (let uuid in ExtensionUtils.extensions)
--        reloadExtension(ExtensionUtils.extensions[uuid]);
-+        try {
-+            reloadExtension(ExtensionUtils.extensions[uuid]);
-+        } catch(e) {
-+            logExtensionError(uuid, e);
-+        }
-     enabledExtensions = getEnabledExtensions();
- 
-     if (Main.sessionMode.allowExtensions) {
-         enabledExtensions.forEach(function(uuid) {
--            enableExtension(uuid);
-+            try {
-+                enableExtension(uuid);
-+            } catch(e) {
-+                logExtensionError(uuid, e);
-+            }
-         });
-     }
- }
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