diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 73f5eaf100..12b279ea66 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/azr3.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/bash-completion-directories.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/bcftools-regidx-unsigned-char.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/blast+-fix-makefile.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 7b5b5f87d7..20f5ab7de6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -393,16 +393,15 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.29.1")
+   (version "2.28.1")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "1k2mziqn0pbxpxnkwxrl824xnmivcqdkb0insap71yv92gsdy28m"))
-            (patches (search-patches "binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch"
-                                     "binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch"
+              "1sj234nd05cdgga1r36zalvvdkvpfbr12g5mir2n8i1dwsdrj939"))
+            (patches (search-patches "binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch"
                                      "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ccf3d3570e..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-CVE-2017-14729.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/25/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_bfd_x86_elf_get_synthetic_symtab-elfxx-x86-c/
-
-this patch is modified slightly to apply to our binutils
-
-From 56933f9e3e90eebf1018ed7417d6c1184b91db6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:15:40 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] x86: Guard against corrupted PLT
-
-There should be only one entry in PLT for a given symbol.  Set howto to
-NULL after processing a PLT entry to guard against corrupted PLT so that
-the duplicated PLT entries are skipped.
-
-	PR binutils/22170
-	 * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_synthetic_symtab): Guard against
-	 corrupted PLT.
-	 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_synthetic_symtab): Likewise.
-
-(cherry picked from commit 61e3bf5f83f7e505b6bc51ef65426e5b31e6e360)
----
- bfd/ChangeLog      | 7 +++++++
- bfd/elf32-i386.c   | 4 ++++
- bfd/elf64-x86-64.c | 4 ++++
- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/bfd/elf32-i386.c b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
-index 9dc2d25..ba50c93 100644
---- a/bfd/elf32-i386.c
-+++ b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
-@@ -6616,6 +6616,10 @@ bad_return:
- 		  size += sizeof ("+0x") - 1 + 8;
- 		n++;
- 		s++;
-+		/* There should be only one entry in PLT for a given
-+		   symbol.  Set howto to NULL after processing a PLT
-+		   entry to guard against corrupted PLT.  */
-+		p->howto = NULL;
- 	      }
- 	    offset += plt_entry_size;
- 	  }
-diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
-index 558db98..d9225ad 100644
---- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
-+++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
-@@ -6970,6 +6970,10 @@ bad_return:
- 		  size += sizeof ("+0x") - 1 + 8 + 8 * ABI_64_P (abfd);
- 		n++;
- 		s++;
-+		/* There should be only one entry in PLT for a given
-+		   symbol.  Set howto to NULL after processing a PLT
-+		   entry to guard against corrupted PLT.  */
-+		p->howto = NULL;
- 	      }
- 	    offset += plt_entry_size;
- 	  }
--- 
-2.9.3
-