diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index efb00b9..8179920 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/doc++-include-directives.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/doc++-segfault-fix.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/doxygen-test.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/dtc-add-missing-symbols-to-lds.patch     \
   %D%/packages/patches/duplicity-piped-password.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/duplicity-test_selection-tmp.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/elfutils-tests-ptrace.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/dtc-add-missing-symbols-to-lds.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/dtc-add-missing-symbols-to-lds.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ccece0f..0000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/dtc-add-missing-symbols-to-lds.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-From a4b093f7366fdb429ca1781144d3985fa50d0fbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Julien Grall <address@hidden>
-Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:00:34 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] libfdt: Add missing functions to shared library
-
-The commit 4e76ec7 "libfdt: Add fdt_next_subnode() to permit easy
-subnode iteration" adds new functions (fdt_{first,next}_subnode) but
-forgot to mark them as 'global' in the shared library.
-
-Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <address@hidden>
----
- libfdt/version.lds | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/libfdt/version.lds b/libfdt/version.lds
-index 80b322b..941208e 100644
---- a/libfdt/version.lds
-+++ b/libfdt/version.lds
-@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ LIBFDT_1.2 {
- 		fdt_get_property_by_offset;
- 		fdt_getprop_by_offset;
- 		fdt_next_property_offset;
-+		fdt_first_subnode;
-+		fdt_next_subnode;
- 
- 	local:
- 		*;
-From f58799be130e27cc729cb2d45566daa0bb3b8605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David Gibson <address@hidden>
-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 12:55:21 +1100
-Subject: [PATCH] libfdt: Add some missing symbols to version.lds
-
-Several functions in the header file were missing from the version.lds
-script, meaning that they couldn't be used from a libfdt shared library.
-
-Reported by Ken Aaker, via github issue tracker.
-
-Signed-off-by: David Gibson <address@hidden>
----
- libfdt/version.lds | 4 ++++
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/libfdt/version.lds b/libfdt/version.lds
-index f19f157..1f4e1ea 100644
---- a/libfdt/version.lds
-+++ b/libfdt/version.lds
-@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ LIBFDT_1.2 {
- 		fdt_next_property_offset;
- 		fdt_first_subnode;
- 		fdt_next_subnode;
-+		fdt_address_cells;
-+		fdt_size_cells;
-+		fdt_stringlist_contains;
-+		fdt_resize;
- 
- 	local:
- 		*;
--- 
-2.8.1
diff --git a/gnu/packages/u-boot.scm b/gnu/packages/u-boot.scm
index 15b24a6..e9a4b90 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/u-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/u-boot.scm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 (define-public dtc
   (package
     (name "dtc")
-    (version "1.4.1")
+    (version "1.4.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@
                     "dtc-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "155v52palf5fwfcnq696s41whjk0a5dqx98b7maqzdn7xbc2m6bp"))
-              (patches
-                (search-patches "dtc-add-missing-symbols-to-lds.patch"))))
+                "1b7si8niyca4wxbfah3qw4p4wli81mc1qwfhaswvrfqahklnwi8k"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("bison" ,bison)