diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 47294d6e23..3557d9f429 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1426,7 +1426,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/openfoam-4.1-cleanup.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/openjdk-10-idlj-reproducibility.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/openmpi-mtl-priorities.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/openssh-fix-ssh-copy-id.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/openssh-hurd.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/openresolv-restartcmd-guix.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/opensles-add-license-file.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-fix-ssh-copy-id.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-fix-ssh-copy-id.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6adba639a3..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-fix-ssh-copy-id.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug where ssh-copy-id would fail with "EOF: command not found":
-
-https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/206
-
-Patch copied from upstream source repository:
-
-https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/d9e727dcc04a52caaac87543ea1d230e9e6b5604
-
-From d9e727dcc04a52caaac87543ea1d230e9e6b5604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Oleg <Fallmay@users.noreply.github.com>
-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 12:09:08 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix `EOF: command not found` error in ssh-copy-id
-
----
- contrib/ssh-copy-id | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/contrib/ssh-copy-id b/contrib/ssh-copy-id
-index 392f64f94..a76907717 100644
---- a/contrib/ssh-copy-id
-+++ b/contrib/ssh-copy-id
-@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ installkeys_sh() {
-   #    the -z `tail ...` checks for a trailing newline. The echo adds one if was missing
-   #    the cat adds the keys we're getting via STDIN
-   #    and if available restorecon is used to restore the SELinux context
--  INSTALLKEYS_SH=$(tr '\t\n' ' ' <<-EOF)
-+  INSTALLKEYS_SH=$(tr '\t\n' ' ' <<-EOF
- 	cd;
- 	umask 077;
- 	mkdir -p $(dirname "${AUTH_KEY_FILE}") &&
-@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ installkeys_sh() {
- 	  restorecon -F .ssh ${AUTH_KEY_FILE};
- 	fi
- EOF
-+  )
- 
-   # to defend against quirky remote shells: use 'exec sh -c' to get POSIX;
-   printf "exec sh -c '%s'" "${INSTALLKEYS_SH}"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index c94631036b..b73e9633ea 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -186,16 +186,15 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
 (define-public openssh
   (package
    (name "openssh")
-   (version "8.4p1")
+   (version "8.5p1")
    (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://openbsd/OpenSSH/portable/"
                                  "openssh-" version ".tar.gz"))
-             (patches (search-patches "openssh-hurd.patch"
-                                      "openssh-fix-ssh-copy-id.patch"))
+             (patches (search-patches "openssh-hurd.patch"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "091b3pxdlj47scxx6kkf4agkx8c8sdacdxx8m1dw1cby80pd40as"))))
+               "09gc8rv7728chxraab85dzkdikaw4aph1wlcwcc9kai9si0kybzm"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs `(("groff" ,groff)
                     ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))