diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 21a8cf15d..71acbeeb1 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ cp -a INSTALL INSTALL.grub
 bootstrap_post_import_hook () {
   set -e
   for patchname in fix-null-deref fix-null-state-deref fix-regcomp-uninit-token \
-      fix-regexec-null-deref fix-uninit-structure fix-unused-value fix-width no-abort; do
+      fix-regexec-null-deref fix-uninit-structure fix-unused-value fix-width; do
     patch -d grub-core/lib/gnulib -p2 \
       < "grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/$patchname.patch"
   done
diff --git a/conf/Makefile.extra-dist b/conf/Makefile.extra-dist
index 15a9b74e9..4ddc3c8f7 100644
--- a/conf/Makefile.extra-dist
+++ b/conf/Makefile.extra-dist
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST += grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/fix-regexec-null-deref.patch
 EXTRA_DIST += grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/fix-uninit-structure.patch
 EXTRA_DIST += grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/fix-unused-value.patch
 EXTRA_DIST += grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/fix-width.patch
-EXTRA_DIST += grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/no-abort.patch
 
 EXTRA_DIST += grub-core/lib/libgcrypt
 EXTRA_DIST += grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/mpi/generic
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 8808d7272..6418cf9ff 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@
 
 #  ifndef _GL_INLINE_HEADER_BEGIN
 #    define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST __attribute__ ((const))
+
+/*
+ * We don't have an abort() for gnulib to call in regexp.  Because gnulib is
+ * built as a separate object that is then linked with, it doesn't have any
+ * of our headers or functions around to use - so we unfortunately can't
+ * print anything.  Builds of emu include the system's stdlib, which includes
+ * a prototype for abort(), so leave this as a macro that doesn't take
+ * arguments.
+ */
+#    define abort __builtin_trap
 #  endif /* !_GL_INLINE_HEADER_BEGIN */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/no-abort.patch b/grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/no-abort.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e469c4762..000000000
--- a/grub-core/lib/gnulib-patches/no-abort.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/regcomp.c b/lib/regcomp.c
-index cc85f35ac..de45ebb5c 100644
---- a/lib/regcomp.c
-+++ b/lib/regcomp.c
-@@ -528,9 +528,9 @@ regerror (int errcode, const regex_t *__restrict preg, char *__restrict errbuf,
-        to this routine.  If we are given anything else, or if other regex
-        code generates an invalid error code, then the program has a bug.
-        Dump core so we can fix it.  */
--    abort ();
--
--  msg = gettext (__re_error_msgid + __re_error_msgid_idx[errcode]);
-+    msg = gettext ("unknown regexp error");
-+  else
-+    msg = gettext (__re_error_msgid + __re_error_msgid_idx[errcode]);
- 
-   msg_size = strlen (msg) + 1; /* Includes the null.  */
- 
-@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ optimize_utf8 (re_dfa_t *dfa)
- 	}
- 	break;
-       default:
--	abort ();
-+	break;
-       }
- 
-   if (mb_chars || has_period)