diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 13acb6797c..5ea975c4f4 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtiff-tiffycbcrtorgb-integer-overflow.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtiff-tiffycbcrtorgbinit-integer-overflow.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtirpc-CVE-2017-8779.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtool-skip-tests2.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libusb-0.1-disable-tests.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index cad8b667bb..90ce33eafd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ and will take advantage of multiple processor cores where possible.")
 (define-public libtorrent-rasterbar
   (package
     (name "libtorrent-rasterbar")
-    (version "1.1.2")
+    (version "1.1.4")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -390,11 +390,9 @@ and will take advantage of multiple processor cores where possible.")
                 "https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/releases/download/libtorrent-"
                 (string-join (string-split version #\.) "_")
                 "/libtorrent-rasterbar-" version ".tar.gz"))
-              (patches
-               (search-patches "libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "16im9qsmfrmmkhfjpij9739nqpn4s6wgc9cikdxbcyshfhimzra5"))))
+                "19pb9sn71m4gnnrm3f1kxic63km9s3vx2mj7rznzfv9sh1kj7x6c"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 85bea76efe..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-Fix compatibility with Boost 1.63.
-
-Patch copied from upstream source repository:
-
-https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/commit/6d2d736cecce0af274dd651dd1f562716b625d92
-
-From 6d2d736cecce0af274dd651dd1f562716b625d92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: arvidn <arvid@cs.umu.se>
-Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:03:26 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] fix test_ssl.cpp build with newer versions of boost
-
----
- test/test_ssl.cpp | 1 -
- 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/test/test_ssl.cpp b/test/test_ssl.cpp
-index 01c5bc7..2903332 100644
---- a/test/test_ssl.cpp
-+++ b/test/test_ssl.cpp
-@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- #include <boost/asio/connect.hpp>
- 
- #ifdef TORRENT_USE_OPENSSL
--#include <boost/asio/ssl/error.hpp> // for asio::error::get_ssl_category()
- #include <boost/asio/ssl.hpp>
- 
- #include "libtorrent/aux_/disable_warnings_pop.hpp"