diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 98074678ec..bcdb716c41 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -627,8 +627,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/a2ps-CVE-2014-0466.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/abiword-explictly-cast-bools.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/abiword-black-drawing-with-gtk322.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/acl-fix-perl-regex.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/acl-hurd-path-max.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/adb-add-libraries.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/aegis-constness-error.patch         	\
   %D%/packages/patches/aegis-perl-tempdir1.patch           	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/acl.scm b/gnu/packages/acl.scm
index 8d5f0117f5..0131adcac4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/acl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/acl.scm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -34,21 +35,18 @@
 (define-public acl
   (package
     (name "acl")
-    (version "2.2.52")
+    (version "2.2.53")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "mirror://savannah/acl/acl-"
-                          version ".src.tar.gz"))
+                          version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "08qd9s3wfhv0ajswsylnfwr5h0d7j9d4rgip855nrh400nxp940p"))
-      (patches (search-patches "acl-fix-perl-regex.patch"
-                               "acl-hurd-path-max.patch"))))
+        "1ir6my3w74s6nfbgbqgzj6w570sn0qjf3524zx8xh67lqrjrigh6"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:test-target "tests"
-       #:modules ((ice-9 ftw)
+     `(#:modules ((ice-9 ftw)
                   ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
@@ -75,13 +73,11 @@
                           (("\\| sed.*'") ""))
              ;; These tests require the existence of a user named "bin", but
              ;; this user does not exist within Guix's build environment.
-             (for-each (lambda (file)
-                         (delete-file (string-append "test/" file)))
-                       '("setfacl-X.test" "cp.test" "misc.test"))
-             #t))
-         (replace 'install
-           (lambda _
-             (invoke "make" "install" "install-lib" "install-dev"))))))
+             (substitute* "Makefile.in"
+               ((".*test/misc\\.test.*") "")
+               ((".*test/cp\\.test.*") "")
+               ((".*test/setfacl-X\\.test.*") ""))
+             #t)))))
     (inputs `(("attr" ,attr)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/acl-fix-perl-regex.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/acl-fix-perl-regex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f682abc058..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/acl-fix-perl-regex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-This can be removed with the next acl release
-
----
- test/run | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/test/run b/test/run
-index 2cf52e8..4627cd2 100755
---- a/test/run
-+++ b/test/run
-@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ for (;;) {
-   if (defined $line) {
-     # Substitute %VAR and %{VAR} with environment variables.
-     $line =~ s[%(\w+)][$ENV{$1}]eg;
--    $line =~ s[%{(\w+)}][$ENV{$1}]eg;
-+    $line =~ s[%\{(\w+)\}][$ENV{$1}]eg;
-   }
-   if (defined $line) {
-     if ($line =~ s/^\s*< ?//) {
--- 
-2.15.0
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/acl-hurd-path-max.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/acl-hurd-path-max.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 89cb3a38d7..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/acl-hurd-path-max.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636512
-
-From: Svante Signell <srs@kth.se>
-Subject: acl: Fix FTBFS on hurd-i386
-Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:36:27 +0200
-
-Currently acl does not compile on hurd-i386. The problem is a PATH_MAX
-definition which is not supported on GNU/Hurd.
-
-Index: acl-2.2.52/setfacl/parse.c
-===================================================================
---- acl-2.2.52/setfacl/parse.c
-+++ acl-2.2.52/setfacl/parse.c
-@@ -419,7 +419,13 @@ read_acl_comments(
- 	  bytes for "# file: ". Not a good solution but for now it is the
- 	  best I can do without too much impact on the code. [tw]
- 	*/
-+
-+#ifdef __GNU__
-+	char *linebuf;
-+	size_t dummy = 0;
-+#else
- 	char linebuf[(4*PATH_MAX)+9];
-+#endif
- 	char *cp;
- 	char *p;
- 	int comments_read = 0;
-@@ -449,9 +455,13 @@ read_acl_comments(
- 		if (line)
- 			(*line)++;
- 
-+#ifdef __GNU__
-+		if (getline(&linebuf, &dummy, file) == -1)
-+			break;
-+#else
- 		if (fgets(linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), file) == NULL)
- 			break;
--		
-+#endif		
- 		comments_read = 1;
- 
- 		p = strrchr(linebuf, '\0');
-@@ -473,7 +483,12 @@ read_acl_comments(
- 					goto fail;
- 				*path_p = (char*)malloc(strlen(cp)+1);
- 				if (!*path_p)
-+				  {
-+#ifdef __GNU__
-+				    free (linebuf);
-+#endif
- 					return -1;
-+				  }
- 				strcpy(*path_p, cp);
- 			}
- 		} else if (strncmp(cp, "owner:", 6) == 0) {
-@@ -522,13 +537,24 @@ read_acl_comments(
- 		}
- 	}
- 	if (ferror(file))
-+	  {
-+#ifdef __GNU__
-+	    free (linebuf);
-+#endif
- 		return -1;
-+	  }
-+#ifdef __GNU__
-+	free (linebuf);
-+#endif
- 	return comments_read;
- fail:
- 	if (path_p && *path_p) {
- 		free(*path_p);
- 		*path_p = NULL;
- 	}
-+#ifdef __GNU__
-+	free (linebuf);
-+#endif
- 	return -EINVAL;
- }
-