diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix
index 2e01a3a0784..73c3e66f074 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, perl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lcov-1.8";
+  name = "lcov-1.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/ltp/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1xrd9abh1gyki9ln9v772dq7jinvyrvx39s3kxbpiila68mbpa7j";
+    sha256 = "1jhs1x2qy5la5gpdfl805zm11rsz6anla3b0wffk6wq79xfi4zn3";
   };
 
   patches =
-    [ ./unexpected-eof.patch
-      ./find-source.patch
+    [ ./find-source.patch
     ];
 
   preBuild = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/unexpected-eof.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/unexpected-eof.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c263f621808..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/unexpected-eof.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-From http://ltp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ltp/utils/analysis/lcov/bin/geninfo?revision=1.72&view=markup
-
-Fixes "reached unexpected end of file" errors processing gcno files.
-
-
---- a/bin/geninfo	2010/01/29 11:07:25	1.71
-+++ b/bin/geninfo	2010/02/21 14:56:46	1.72
-@@ -2857,6 +2857,9 @@
- 	# Skip version and stamp
- 	graph_skip(*HANDLE, 8, "version and stamp") or goto incomplete;
- 	while (!eof(HANDLE)) {
-+		my $next_pos;
-+		my $curr_pos;
-+
- 		# Read record tag
- 		$tag = read_gcno_value(*HANDLE, $big_endian, "record tag");
- 		goto incomplete if (!defined($tag));
-@@ -2866,6 +2869,11 @@
- 		goto incomplete if (!defined($length));
- 		# Convert length to bytes
- 		$length *= 4;
-+		# Calculate start of next record
-+		$next_pos = tell(HANDLE);
-+		goto tell_error if ($next_pos == -1);
-+		$next_pos += $length;
-+		# Process record
- 		if ($tag == $tag_function) {
- 			($filename, $function) = read_gcno_function_record(
- 				*HANDLE, $bb, $fileorder, $base, $big_endian);
-@@ -2882,6 +2890,14 @@
- 			graph_skip(*HANDLE, $length, "unhandled record")
- 				or goto incomplete;
- 		}
-+		# Ensure that we are at the start of the next record
-+		$curr_pos = tell(HANDLE);
-+		goto tell_error if ($curr_pos == -1);
-+		next if ($curr_pos == $next_pos);
-+		goto record_error if ($curr_pos > $next_pos);
-+		graph_skip(*HANDLE, $next_pos - $curr_pos,
-+			   "unhandled record content")
-+			or goto incomplete;
- 	}
- 	close(HANDLE);
- 	($instr, $graph) = graph_from_bb($bb, $fileorder, $gcno_filename);
-@@ -2898,6 +2914,12 @@
- magic_error:
- 	graph_error($gcno_filename, "found unrecognized gcno file magic");
- 	return undef;
-+tell_error:
-+	graph_error($gcno_filename, "could not determine file position");
-+	return undef;
-+record_error:
-+	graph_error($gcno_filename, "found unrecognized record format");
-+	return undef;
- }
- 
- sub debug($)