diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index f4fef78f31..0491de6584 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/evilwm-lost-focus-bug.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/expat-CVE-2016-0718-fix-regression.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/exim-CVE-2017-1000369.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/fabric-tests.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/fastcap-mulGlobal.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/fastcap-mulSetup.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/fasthenry-spAllocate.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index 45f743199a..c4aa108f89 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -2105,28 +2105,22 @@ (define-public intel-gpu-tools
 (define-public fabric
   (package
     (name "fabric")
-    (version "1.13.1")
+    (version "1.13.2")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "Fabric" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1z17hw0yiqp1blq217zxkg2jzkv8qd79saqhscgsw14mwlcqpwd0"))
-       (patches (search-patches "fabric-tests.patch"))))
+         "0k944dxr41whw7ib6380q9x15wyskx7fqni656icdn8rzshn9bwq"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:python ,python-2))                       ;Python 2 only
+     `(#:python ,python-2))             ; Python 2 only
     (native-inputs
-     `(("python2-fudge" ,python2-fudge) ; Requires < 1.0
-       ("python2-jinja2" ,python2-jinja2) ; Requires < 3.0
-       ("python2-nose" ,python2-nose))) ; Requires < 2.0
+     `(("python2-fudge" ,python2-fudge)
+       ("python2-jinja2" ,python2-jinja2)
+       ("python2-nose" ,python2-nose)))
     (propagated-inputs
-     ;; Required upgrading python-paramiko 1.17.4 to fix an incompatibility
-     ;; between python-paramiko and newer python-pycrypto. Without this, the
-     ;; `fab` command fails with "ValueError: CTR mode needs counter
-     ;; parameter, not IV". See:
-     ;; https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/pull/714#issuecomment-281191548.
      `(("python2-paramiko" ,python2-paramiko)))
     (home-page "http://fabfile.org")
     (synopsis "Simple Pythonic remote execution and deployment tool")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/fabric-tests.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/fabric-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a0ca9f8f1..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/fabric-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-The `fab` excecutable doesn't exist during the test phase as it is created
-dynamically during installation. Refer to the equivalent Python module
-directly.
-
---- a/tests/test_utils.py
-+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
-@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
-     # perform when they are allowed to bubble all the way to the top. So, we
-     # invoke a subprocess and look at its stderr instead.
-     with quiet():
--        result = local("fab -f tests/support/aborts.py kaboom", capture=True)
-+        result = local("python -m fabric -f tests/support/aborts.py kaboom", capture=True)
-     # When error in #1318 is present, this has an extra "It burns!" at end of
-     # stderr string.
-     eq_(result.stderr, "Fatal error: It burns!\n\nAborting.")
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