diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 508407399a..ce43db3c1d 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1333,7 +1333,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/x265-arm-flags.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/xf86-video-ark-remove-mibstore.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/xf86-video-geode-glibc-2.20.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/xf86-video-i128-remove-mibstore.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/xf86-video-mach64-glibc-2.20.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/xf86-video-savage-xorg-compat.patch 	\
   %D%/packages/patches/xf86-video-siliconmotion-fix-ftbfs.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-i128-remove-mibstore.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-i128-remove-mibstore.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b269d63473..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-i128-remove-mibstore.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-Removes references to mibstore.h and miInitializeBackingStore, which
-have been removed from xorg-server.  Zack Rusin <zackr@vmware.com>
-wrote: "It was a noop for at least 5 years and it has been removed."
-See: http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/46133/
-
---- xf86-video-i128-1.3.6/src/i128_driver.c.~1~	2012-07-17 01:21:15.000000000 -0400
-+++ xf86-video-i128-1.3.6/src/i128_driver.c	2014-12-19 00:47:16.140087736 -0500
-@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
- #include "mipointer.h"
- 
- /* All drivers implementing backing store need this */
--#include "mibstore.h"
- #include "micmap.h"
- 
- #include "xf86DDC.h"
-@@ -1557,7 +1556,6 @@
-         return FALSE;
-     }
-     
--    miInitializeBackingStore(pScreen);
-     xf86SetBackingStore(pScreen);
-     xf86SetSilkenMouse(pScreen);
- 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 7f356c6210..12a6d3b660 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -2908,7 +2908,7 @@ X server.")
 (define-public xf86-video-i128
   (package
     (name "xf86-video-i128")
-    (version "1.3.6")
+    (version "1.4.0")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -2918,8 +2918,7 @@ X server.")
                ".tar.bz2"))
         (sha256
           (base32
-           "171b8lbxr56w3isph947dnw7x87hc46v6m3mcxdcz44gk167x0pq"))
-        (patches (search-patches "xf86-video-i128-remove-mibstore.patch"))))
+           "1snhpv1igrhifcls3r498kjd14ml6x2xvih7zk9xlsd1ymmhlb4g"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("xorg-server" ,xorg-server)))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))