diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/patches/gdb-signals.patch b/srcpkgs/gdb/patches/gdb-signals.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f412e1bc646..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/patches/gdb-signals.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-relevant bug:
-https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23616
-
-diff --git a/gdbsupport/signals.cc b/gdbsupport/signals.cc
-index 485e0f0..ab8d454 100644
---- a/gdbsupport/signals.cc
-+++ b/gdbsupport/signals.cc
-@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ struct gdbarch;
-    _available_ realtime signal, not the lowest supported; glibc takes
-    several for its own use.  */
- 
-+#ifndef __SIGRTMIN
-+# define __SIGRTMIN 32
-+#endif
-+#ifndef __SIGRTMAX
-+# define __SIGRTMAX _NSIG
-+#endif
-+
- #ifndef REALTIME_LO
- # if defined(__SIGRTMIN)
- #  define REALTIME_LO __SIGRTMIN
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/template b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
index 99b9b77ca78..f7cd2304667 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gdb'
 pkgname=gdb
-version=15.2
-revision=2
+version=16.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/gdb/python"
 configure_args="--disable-werror --disable-nls --with-system-readline
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb"
 changelog="https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=HEAD"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/gdb/gdb-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=83350ccd35b5b5a0cba6b334c41294ea968158c573940904f00b92f76345314d
+checksum=c2cc5ccca029b7a7c3879ce8a96528fdfd056b4d884f2b0511e8f7bc723355c6
 make_check=extended  # Tests take too long, not all of them pass.
 
 python_version="3"