diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index ab877a6c0b..395839cec2 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1802,7 +1802,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/lierolibre-remove-arch-warning.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/lierolibre-try-building-other-arch.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libcdio-glibc-compat.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/linbox-fix-pkgconfig.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/linphone-desktop-without-sdk.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/linux-libre-infodocs-target.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/linux-libre-support-for-Pinebook-Pro.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
index bcf61941e3..f8f05ff222 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ algebra, such as the row echelon form.")
 (define-public linbox
   (package
     (name "linbox")
-    (version "1.6.3")
+    (version "1.7.0")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -1600,8 +1600,7 @@ algebra, such as the row echelon form.")
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "10j6dspbsq7d2l4q3y0c1l1xwmaqqba2fxg59q5bhgk9h5d7q571"))
-              (patches (search-patches "linbox-fix-pkgconfig.patch"))))
+                "0kr95ah0ss5s4j8kwxqlg395wraf32rdrmy83jfblg0avxmkhvwr"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      (list autoconf automake libtool pkg-config))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/linbox-fix-pkgconfig.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/linbox-fix-pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c93915fb1b..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/linbox-fix-pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-Backported from:
-
-From 426eb97ba762c7663884f57ead0909f2aa3cd6a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Cyril Bouvier <cyril.bouvier@lirmm.fr>
-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:32:19 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove @LINBOXSAGE_LIBS@ from linbox.pc.in
-
----
- linbox.pc.in | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/linbox.pc.in b/linbox.pc.in
-index 278f127e4..c6b8091eb 100644
---- a/linbox.pc.in
-+++ b/linbox.pc.in
-@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ Description: Exact Linear Algebra library
- URL: http://github.com/linbox-team/linbox
- Version: @VERSION@
- Requires: fflas-ffpack >= 2.4.0, givaro >= 4.1.0
--Libs: -L${libdir} -llinbox @LINBOXSAGE_LIBS@ @NTL_LIBS@ @MPFR_LIBS@ @FPLLL_LIBS@ @IML_LIBS@ @FLINT_LIBS@ @OCL_LIBS@
-+Libs: -L${libdir} -llinbox @NTL_LIBS@ @MPFR_LIBS@ @FPLLL_LIBS@ @IML_LIBS@ @FLINT_LIBS@ @OCL_LIBS@
- Cflags: @DEFAULT_CFLAGS@ -DDISABLE_COMMENTATOR -I${includedir} @NTL_CFLAGS@ @MPFR_CFLAGS@ @FPLLL_CFLAGS@  @IML_CFLAGS@ @FLINT_CFLAGS@ 
- \-------------------------------------------------------