diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 8e1ce88bc..5f6826e27 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -965,7 +965,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/mcrypt-CVE-2012-4409.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/mcrypt-CVE-2012-4426.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/mcrypt-CVE-2012-4527.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/meandmyshadow-define-paths-earlier.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/mesa-skip-disk-cache-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/meson-for-build-rpath.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/metabat-fix-compilation.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index 04521d399..55817dc75 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ automata.  The following features are available:
 (define-public meandmyshadow
   (package
     (name "meandmyshadow")
-    (version "0.5")
+    (version "0.5a")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/meandmyshadow/"
@@ -581,10 +581,7 @@ automata.  The following features are available:
                                   "-src.tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1b6qf83vdfv8jwn2jq9ywmda2qn2f5914i7mwfy04m17wx593m3m"))
-              (patches (search-patches
-                        ;; This will not be needed in the next release.
-                        "meandmyshadow-define-paths-earlier.patch"))))
+                "0i98v6cgmpsxy7mbb0s2y6f6qq6mkwzk2nrv1nz39ncf948aky2h"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f))                    ; there are no tests
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/meandmyshadow-define-paths-earlier.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/meandmyshadow-define-paths-earlier.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 505cbd23f..000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/meandmyshadow-define-paths-earlier.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:24:26 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] gnu: meandmyshadow: Define paths earlier.
-
-The following patch was taken verbatim from the upstream repository[0]
-and will be included in the next release.
-
-[0]: https://github.com/acmepjz/meandmyshadow/pull/29
----
-From 4847e6b5755258a1e0534f2d4b91dce2ce3b459e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>
-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 23:31:19 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Define paths earlier in CMakeLists.txt
-
-At the very least, paths should be defined before Configure_File(), otherwise empty DATAROOTDIR is substituted in config.h
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 13 +++++++------
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index e79639a..6321d9d 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ Project (meandmyshadow)
- CMake_Minimum_Required (VERSION 3.1)
- Set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/")
- 
-+#Path options
-+Set (BINDIR "bin" CACHE STRING "Where to install binaries")
-+Set (DATAROOTDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share" CACHE STRING "Sets the root of data directories to a non-default location")
-+Set (ICONDIR "${DATAROOTDIR}/icons" CACHE STRING "Sets the icon directory for desktop entry to a non-default location.")
-+Set (DESKTOPDIR "${DATAROOTDIR}/applications" CACHE STRING "Sets the desktop file directory for desktop entry to a non-default location.")
-+
-+#Options
- Option (DEBUG_MODE "Compile the game with debug mode enabled" OFF)
- Option (DISABLED_DEBUG_STUFF "Enable this you'll see a lot of annoying script debug messages which will lag the game." OFF)
- 
-@@ -164,12 +171,6 @@ Target_Link_Libraries (
- 	${LUA_LIBRARIES}
- )
- 
--#Path options
--Set (BINDIR "bin" CACHE STRING "Where to install binaries")
--Set (DATAROOTDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share" CACHE STRING "Sets the root of data directories to a non-default location")
--Set (ICONDIR "${DATAROOTDIR}/icons" CACHE STRING "Sets the icon directory for desktop entry to a non-default location.")
--Set (DESKTOPDIR "${DATAROOTDIR}/applications" CACHE STRING "Sets the desktop file directory for desktop entry to a non-default location.")
--
- #Install locations
- Install (DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/data DESTINATION ${DATAROOTDIR}/meandmyshadow/)
- Install (FILES AUTHORS DESTINATION ${DATAROOTDIR}/meandmyshadow/)
