diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index b77fb84d4b..2f85bfbcbf 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2023 Andy Tai <atai@atai.org>
 # Copyright © 2023 B. Wilson <elaexuotee@wilsonb.com>
 # Copyright © 2023 Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>
-# Copyright © 2023 gemmaro <gemmaro.dev@gmail.com>
+# Copyright © 2023, 2024 gemmaro <gemmaro.dev@gmail.com>
 # Copyright © 2023 Herman Rimm <herman@rimm.ee>
 # Copyright © 2023 Troy Figiel <troy@troyfigiel.com>
 # Copyright © 2024 David Elsing <david.elsing@posteo.net>
@@ -1923,7 +1923,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/plib-CVE-2011-4620.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/plib-CVE-2012-4552.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/plotutils-spline-test.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/po4a-partial-texinfo-menu-fix.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/polkit-disable-systemd.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/portaudio-audacity-compat.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/portmidi-modular-build.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
index b0e99d1a5f..e68030082d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Miguel <rosen644835@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2023 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 EuAndreh <eu@euandre.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2022 gemmaro <gemmaro.dev@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2022, 2024 gemmaro <gemmaro.dev@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Maxim Cournoyer maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ (define-public mdpo
 (define-public po4a
   (package
     (name "po4a")
-    (version "0.69")
+    (version "0.72")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/mquinson/po4a"
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ (define-public po4a
                                   version "/po4a-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "15llrfdp4ilbrxy65hmmxka86xj0mrbqfiyzv715wrk16vqszm3w"))
-              (patches (search-patches "po4a-partial-texinfo-menu-fix.patch"))))
+                "0rv9x26mi23qlajxfwkyhzpr7z4i4d9w571ll81brl7z92yjsq4d"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/po4a-partial-texinfo-menu-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/po4a-partial-texinfo-menu-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a075fa74c..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/po4a-partial-texinfo-menu-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,242 +0,0 @@
-Submitted upstream: https://github.com/mquinson/po4a/pull/437
-
-From 43db5c0b14ec2a8ba44d338bce024df87256457b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:44:49 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] lib: Texinfo: Translate partial menu node names.
-
-Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/64881>.
-
-* lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm (translate_buffer_menuentry): Refine
-regexp, so that it matches menu entries lacking a description.
-Only call 'translate_buffer' on the description if it was provided.
-* t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans: New file.
-* t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi: Likewise.
-* t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot: Likewise.
-* t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po: Likewise.
-* t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm: Likewise.
-* t/fmt-texinfo.t: Register the new 'partialmenus' test.
----
- lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm       |  7 +++---
- t/fmt-texinfo.t                  |  2 +-
- t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm  | 21 +++++++++++++++++
- t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po    | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot   | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi  | 14 +++++++++++
- t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans | 21 +++++++++++++++++
- 7 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm
- create mode 100644 t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po
- create mode 100644 t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot
- create mode 100644 t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi
- create mode 100644 t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans
-
-diff --git a/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm b/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm
-index b4750699..1c3a4bae 100644
---- a/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm
-+++ b/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm
-@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ sub translate_buffer_menuentry {
- 
-     my $translated_buffer = "";
- 
--    if (   $buffer =~ m/^(.*?)(::)\s+(.*)$/s
-+    if (   $buffer =~ m/^(.*?)(::)(?:\s+(.*))?$/s
-         or $buffer =~ m/^(.*?: .*?)(\.)\s+(.*)$/s )
-     {
-         my ( $name, $sep, $description ) = ( $1, $2, $3 );
-@@ -347,8 +347,9 @@ sub translate_buffer_menuentry {
-             $translated_buffer .= ' ' x ( $menu_sep_width - 1 - $l );
-             $l = $menu_sep_width - 1;
-         }
--        ( $t, @e ) = $self->translate_buffer( $description, $no_wrap, @env );
--
-+        if ($description) {
-+            ( $t, @e ) = $self->translate_buffer( $description, $no_wrap, @env );
-+        }
-         # Replace newlines with space for proper wrapping
-         # See https://github.com/mquinson/po4a/issues/122
-         $t =~ s/\n/ /sg;
-diff --git a/t/fmt-texinfo.t b/t/fmt-texinfo.t
-index 4b067e43..d9ed5df3 100644
---- a/t/fmt-texinfo.t
-+++ b/t/fmt-texinfo.t
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use Testhelper;
- 
- my @tests;
- 
--for my $test (qw(longmenu comments tindex)) {
-+for my $test (qw(longmenu partialmenus comments tindex)) {
-     push @tests,
-       {
-         'format' => 'texinfo',
-diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..99240682
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm
-@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
-+\input texinfo
-+@c ===========================================================================
-+@c
-+@c This file was generated with po4a. Translate the source file.
-+@c
-+@c ===========================================================================
-+
-+
-+@c These menus do not contain a description, which used to cause a
-+@c Texinfo menu entry to not be translated.
-+@menu
-+* A menu entry without any description::  A menu entry without any 
-+                                            description
-+* Optional menu name: The menu node::  Optional menu name: The menu node
-+@end menu
-+
-+@node A menu entry without any description
-+@chapter A menu entry without any description
-+
-+@node The menu node
-+@chapter Optional menu name
-diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..31a14443
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po
-@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
-+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
-+# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
-+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
-+#
-+#, fuzzy
-+msgid ""
-+msgstr ""
-+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-07-27 17:29-0400\n"
-+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
-+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
-+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
-+"Language: \n"
-+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-+
-+#. type: chapter
-+#: partialmenus.texi:8 partialmenus.texi:10 partialmenus.texi:11
-+#, no-wrap
-+msgid "A menu entry without any description"
-+msgstr "A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION"
-+
-+#. type: menuentry
-+#: partialmenus.texi:8
-+msgid "Optional menu name: The menu node"
-+msgstr "OPTIONAL MENU NAME: THE MENU NODE"
-+
-+#. type: node
-+#: partialmenus.texi:13
-+#, no-wrap
-+msgid "The menu node"
-+msgstr "THE MENU NODE"
-+
-+#. type: chapter
-+#: partialmenus.texi:14
-+#, no-wrap
-+msgid "Optional menu name"
-+msgstr "OPTIONAL MENU NAME"
-diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..0379f805
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot
-@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
-+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
-+# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
-+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
-+#
-+#, fuzzy
-+msgid ""
-+msgstr ""
-+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-08-16 09:47-0400\n"
-+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
-+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
-+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
-+"Language: \n"
-+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-+
-+#. type: chapter
-+#: partialmenus.texi:8 partialmenus.texi:10 partialmenus.texi:11
-+#, no-wrap
-+msgid "A menu entry without any description"
-+msgstr ""
-+
-+#. type: menuentry
-+#: partialmenus.texi:8
-+msgid "Optional menu name: The menu node"
-+msgstr ""
-+
-+#. type: node
-+#: partialmenus.texi:13
-+#, no-wrap
-+msgid "The menu node"
-+msgstr ""
-+
-+#. type: chapter
-+#: partialmenus.texi:14
-+#, no-wrap
-+msgid "Optional menu name"
-+msgstr ""
-diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..f8663a2b
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi
-@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
-+\input texinfo
-+
-+@c These menus do not contain a description, which used to cause a
-+@c Texinfo menu entry to not be translated.
-+@menu
-+* A menu entry without any description::
-+* Optional menu name: The menu node::
-+@end menu
-+
-+@node A menu entry without any description
-+@chapter A menu entry without any description
-+
-+@node The menu node
-+@chapter Optional menu name
-diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..0ef742a1
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans
-@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
-+\input texinfo
-+@c ===========================================================================
-+@c
-+@c This file was generated with po4a. Translate the source file.
-+@c
-+@c ===========================================================================
-+
-+
-+@c These menus do not contain a description, which used to cause a
-+@c Texinfo menu entry to not be translated.
-+@menu
-+* A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION::  A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY 
-+                                            DESCRIPTION
-+* OPTIONAL MENU NAME: THE MENU NODE::  OPTIONAL MENU NAME: THE MENU NODE
-+@end menu
-+
-+@node A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION
-+@chapter A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION
-+
-+@node THE MENU NODE
-+@chapter OPTIONAL MENU NAME
-
-base-commit: 5b1cd768afdf4e9445812c5d43428495a0fde3c6
--- 
-2.41.0
-
