diff --git a/0001-core-Support-closefrom-also-for-glibc.patch b/0001-core-Support-closefrom-also-for-glibc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b12c17..0000000
--- a/0001-core-Support-closefrom-also-for-glibc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From 4b64774b6d13ffa4f59dddf947a97d61bcfa2f2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jiri Kucera <sanczes@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:35:54 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] core: Support closefrom also for glibc.
-
-* src/posix-io.c (_gpgme_io_spawn): Use glibc's closefrom.
---
-
-Since 2.34, glibc introduces closefrom (the implementation
-follows *BSD standard).
-
-Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
----
- src/posix-io.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/posix-io.c b/src/posix-io.c
-index e712ef28..2a3a81fc 100644
---- a/src/posix-io.c
-+++ b/src/posix-io.c
-@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ _gpgme_io_spawn (const char *path, char *const argv[], unsigned int flags,
-               if (fd_list[i].fd > fd)
-                 fd = fd_list[i].fd;
-             fd++;
--#if defined(__sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
-+#if defined(__sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__GLIBC__)
-             closefrom (fd);
-             max_fds = fd;
- #else /*!__sun */
--- 
-2.11.0
-
diff --git a/gpgme.spec b/gpgme.spec
index ff52acf..bc40c98 100644
--- a/gpgme.spec
+++ b/gpgme.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name:           gpgme
 Summary:        GnuPG Made Easy - high level crypto API
-Version:        1.16.0
+Version:        1.17.0
 Release:        %autorelease
 
 # MIT: src/cJSON.{c,h} (used by gpgme-json)
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ URL:            https://gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/
 Source0:        https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source2:        gpgme-multilib.h
 
-# Fix build with glibc >=2.34
-Patch0001:      https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gpgme.git;a=patch;h=4b64774b6d13ffa4f59dddf947a97d61bcfa2f2e#/0001-core-Support-closefrom-also-for-glibc.patch
-
 ## downstream patches
 # Don't add extra libs/cflags in gpgme-config/cmake equivalent
 Patch1001:      0001-don-t-add-extra-libraries-for-linking.patch
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0d27909..d9662cf 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gpgme-1.16.0.tar.bz2) = 69487be69612e9bf0221ff56ae687248bd13635db1b7087130e93c1670e38f3c810bbca17723555c04fe207976c35871bbc3da005179ce099504321cf33636e4
+SHA512 (gpgme-1.17.0.tar.bz2) = 7ab379c6be2031ff24334a636e596f01c9d491627b695cc6cce7a361e78c6054b7891c521f07becea3c5da10c58043c1acffbba6058bbbfaa515241d75dd6c46