diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 0522148385..907641ff3e 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -662,7 +662,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/aegisub-icu59-include-unistr.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/aegisub-boost68.patch                    \
   %D%/packages/patches/agg-am_c_prototype.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/allegro-mesa-18.2.5-and-later.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/amule-crypto-6.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/antiword-CVE-2014-8123.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/antlr3-3_1-fix-java8-compilation.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
index f6f23a116e..63ccd20470 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
@@ -684,19 +684,17 @@ etc.")
 (define-public allegro
   (package
     (name "allegro")
-    (version "5.2.4.0")
+    (version "5.2.5.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/releases"
                                   "/download/" version "/allegro-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
-              (patches (search-patches
-                        "allegro-mesa-18.2.5-and-later.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1w9a5yqi5q03b2qvmx5ff90paz0xbr9cy7i7f0xiqa65ava66q9l"))))
+                "06dpkfnac8w3pq36834nn2iij3ajz6prladqd0w92lq39aiqv5jr"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
-    (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; there are no tests
+    (arguments `(#:tests? #f))          ; there are no tests
     (inputs
      ;; FIXME: Add the following optional inputs: xinput2, opensl, dumb
      `(("flac" ,flac)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/allegro-mesa-18.2.5-and-later.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/allegro-mesa-18.2.5-and-later.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fa273a5dfa..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/allegro-mesa-18.2.5-and-later.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-Fixes compilation with Mesa >= 18.2.5.
-
-Taken from upstream:
-
-https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/commit/a40d30e21802ecf5c9382cf34af9b01bd3781e47
-
-diff --git a/include/allegro5/allegro_opengl.h b/include/allegro5/allegro_opengl.h
-index 0f86a6768..652dd024e 100644
---- a/include/allegro5/allegro_opengl.h
-+++ b/include/allegro5/allegro_opengl.h
-@@ -103,10 +103,14 @@
-
- /* HACK: Prevent both Mesa and SGI's broken headers from screwing us */
- #define __glext_h_
-+#define __gl_glext_h_
- #define __glxext_h_
-+#define __glx_glxext_h_
- #include <GL/gl.h>
- #undef  __glext_h_
-+#undef  __gl_glext_h_
- #undef  __glxext_h_
-+#undef  __glx_glxext_h_
-
- #endif /* ALLEGRO_MACOSX */
-
-diff --git a/include/allegro5/opengl/GLext/glx_ext_defs.h b/include/allegro5/opengl/GLext/glx_ext_defs.h
-index 49c502091..fba8aea5d 100644
---- a/include/allegro5/opengl/GLext/glx_ext_defs.h
-+++ b/include/allegro5/opengl/GLext/glx_ext_defs.h
-@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
- /* HACK: Prevent both Mesa and SGI's broken headers from screwing us */
- #define __glxext_h_
-+#define __glx_glxext_h_
- #include <GL/glx.h>
- #undef __glxext_h_
-+#undef __glx_glxext_h_
-
- #ifndef GLX_VERSION_1_3
- #define _ALLEGRO_GLX_VERSION_1_3
---
-2.20.0