diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 73617d3af7..ff35978f07 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1204,7 +1204,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/ghostscript-no-header-creationdate.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/glib-appinfo-watch.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/glib-networking-gnutls-binding.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/glib-networking-32-bit-time.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/glib-skip-failing-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2019-7309.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2019-9169.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 62b3ae72c7..ce7f3b6cec 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4911,17 +4911,6 @@ (define-public glib-networking
               (patches
                (search-patches "glib-networking-gnutls-binding.patch"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     (if (target-64bit?)
-         '()
-         (list #:phases
-               #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
-                   (add-after 'unpack 'work-around-32-bit-time-t
-                     (lambda _
-                       (invoke "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i"
-                               #$(local-file
-                                  (search-patch
-                                   "glib-networking-32-bit-time.patch")))))))))
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config gettext-minimal))
     (inputs
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glib-networking-32-bit-time.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glib-networking-32-bit-time.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a437310270..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/glib-networking-32-bit-time.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-Work around a year-2038 issue when building with a 32-bit 'time_t'
-on 32-bit platforms:
-
-  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib-networking/-/issues/172
-
-From 4f8ca86a0e460794188c3355f0c7cc11fdbe4229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>
-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:07:44 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] tests: Accept GNUTLS' workaround for limited size of time_t
-
----
- tls/tests/certificate.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
- tls/tests/meson.build   |  1 +
- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/tls/tests/certificate.c b/tls/tests/certificate.c
-index c0100d30..d216c710 100644
---- a/tls/tests/certificate.c
-+++ b/tls/tests/certificate.c
-@@ -672,6 +672,12 @@ test_certificate_not_valid_before (void)
-   g_object_unref (cert);
- }
- 
-+/* On 32-bit, GNUTLS caps expiry times at 2037-12-31 23:23:23 to avoid
-+ * overflowing time_t. Hopefully by 2037, either 32-bit will finally have
-+ * died out, or GNUTLS will rethink its approach to
-+ * https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/370 */
-+#define GNUTLS_32_BIT_NOT_VALID_AFTER_MAX 2145914603
-+
- static void
- test_certificate_not_valid_after (void)
- {
-@@ -686,7 +692,16 @@ test_certificate_not_valid_after (void)
-   actual = g_tls_certificate_get_not_valid_after (cert);
-   g_assert_nonnull (actual);
-   actual_str = g_date_time_format_iso8601 (actual);
-+
-+#if SIZEOF_TIME_T <= 4
-+  if (g_date_time_to_unix (actual) == GNUTLS_32_BIT_NOT_VALID_AFTER_MAX)
-+    g_test_incomplete ("not-valid-after date not representable on 32-bit");
-+  else
-+    g_assert_cmpstr (actual_str, ==, EXPECTED_NOT_VALID_AFTER);
-+#else
-   g_assert_cmpstr (actual_str, ==, EXPECTED_NOT_VALID_AFTER);
-+#endif
-+
-   g_free (actual_str);
-   g_date_time_unref (actual);
-   g_object_unref (cert);
-diff --git a/tls/tests/meson.build b/tls/tests/meson.build
-index e9c7d8c6..7415f913 100644
---- a/tls/tests/meson.build
-+++ b/tls/tests/meson.build
-@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ foreach backend: backends
-     test_cflags = cflags + [
-       '-DBACKEND="@0@"'.format(backend),
-       '-DBACKEND_IS_' + backend.to_upper(),
-+      '-DSIZEOF_TIME_T=@0@'.format(cc.sizeof('time_t', prefix: '#include <time.h>')),
-     ]
- 
-     if backend == 'openssl'

base-commit: 37399b18ef70f2b32c50ea45b3bfa649bbf58f16