diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 98ac6175ae..eafd7c40ea 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1051,7 +1051,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/dstat-skip-devices-without-io.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/dvd+rw-tools-add-include.patch 		\
   %D%/packages/patches/dynaconf-unvendor-deps.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/efibootmgr-remove-extra-decl.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/efivar-211.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/eigen-fix-strict-aliasing-bug.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/einstein-build.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 5397c53fda..8b37c4e52e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -7266,7 +7266,7 @@ interface to the variable facility of UEFI boot firmware.")
 (define-public efibootmgr
   (package
     (name "efibootmgr")
-    (version "17")
+    (version "18")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -7275,16 +7275,7 @@ interface to the variable facility of UEFI boot firmware.")
              (commit version)))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1niicijxg59rsmiw3rsjwy4bvi1n42dynvm01lnp9haixdzdpq03"))
-       (patches (search-patches "efibootmgr-remove-extra-decl.patch"))
-       (modules '((guix build utils)))
-       (snippet
-        '(begin
-           ;; Cast the first argument to the correct type.  Extracted
-           ;; from upstream commit e8ce9fecebd15adb4.
-           (substitute* '("src/efibootdump.c" "src/efibootmgr.c")
-             (("efidp_format_device_path\\(text_path,")
-              "efidp_format_device_path((unsigned char *)text_path,"))))))
+        (base32 "1j19m3dngcb7jl88ib32phbh5r7c02dhhakq8jk6z7y408c111hd"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list
@@ -7299,12 +7290,12 @@ interface to the variable facility of UEFI boot firmware.")
                       ;; nothing else is specified on the command line.
                       "EFIDIR=gnu")
                 #$(if (%current-target-system)
-                    #~(list
-                        (string-append "CC=" #$(cc-for-target))
-                        (string-append "PKG_CONFIG=" #$(pkg-config-for-target))
-                        (string-append "EXTRAINCDIRS="
-                                       #$(this-package-input "efivar") "/include"))
-                    #~'()))
+                      #~(list
+                         (string-append "CC=" #$(cc-for-target))
+                         (string-append "PKG_CONFIG=" #$(pkg-config-for-target))
+                         (string-append "EXTRAINCDIRS="
+                                        #$(this-package-input "efivar") "/include"))
+                      #~'()))
       #:phases #~(modify-phases %standard-phases (delete 'configure))))
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/efibootmgr-remove-extra-decl.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/efibootmgr-remove-extra-decl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eb68108f88..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/efibootmgr-remove-extra-decl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From 99b578501643377e0b1994b2a068b790d189d5ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:41:01 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] remove extra decl
-
-Signed-off-by: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
----
- src/efibootmgr.c | 3 ---
- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/efibootmgr.c b/src/efibootmgr.c
-index de38f01..4e1a680 100644
---- a/src/efibootmgr.c
-+++ b/src/efibootmgr.c
-@@ -1536,9 +1536,6 @@ parse_opts(int argc, char **argv)
- 					       "invalid numeric value %s\n",
- 					       optarg);
- 			}
--                        /* XXX efivar-36 accidentally doesn't have a public
--                         * header for this */
--			extern int efi_set_verbose(int verbosity, FILE *errlog);
- 			efi_set_verbose(opts.verbose - 2, stderr);
- 			break;
- 		case 'V':
--- 
-2.24.0
-