diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix
index 5a274435e3d..ff6eca621e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "mysqld_exporter-${version}";
-  version = "0.8.1";
-  rev = version;
+  version = "0.9.0";
+  rev = "v${version}";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter";
 
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     inherit rev;
     owner = "prometheus";
     repo = "mysqld_exporter";
-    sha256 = "0pwf2vii9n9zgad1lxgw28c2743yc9c3qc03516fiwvlqc1cpddr";
+    sha256 = "0ldjrbhm6n7in4lj6l78xii10mg162rsp09ymjm7y2xar9sd70vp";
   };
 
-  goDeps = ./mysqld-exporter_deps.nix;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Prometheus exporter for MySQL server metrics";
     homepage = https://github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter_deps.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter_deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4910832a62c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter_deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/golang/protobuf";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/golang/protobuf";
-      rev = "59b73b37c1e45995477aae817e4a653c89a858db";
-      sha256 = "1dx22jvhvj34ivpr7gw01fncg9yyx35mbpal4mpgnqka7ajmgjsa";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/client_model";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/prometheus/client_model";
-      rev = "fa8ad6fec33561be4280a8f0514318c79d7f6cb6";
-      sha256 = "11a7v1fjzhhwsl128znjcf5v7v6129xjgkdpym2lial4lac1dhm9";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/beorn7/perks";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/beorn7/perks";
-      rev = "b965b613227fddccbfffe13eae360ed3fa822f8d";
-      sha256 = "1p8zsj4r0g61q922khfxpwxhdma2dx4xad1m5qx43mfn28kxngqk";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions";
-      rev = "fc2b8d3a73c4867e51861bbdd5ae3c1f0869dd6a";
-      sha256 = "0ajg41h6402big484drvm72wvid1af2sffw0qkzbmpy04lq68ahj";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/client_golang";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang";
-      rev = "6dbab8106ed3ed77359ac85d9cf08e30290df864";
-      sha256 = "1i3g5h2ncdb8b67742kfpid7d0a1jas1pyicglbglwngfmzhpkna";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/procfs";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/prometheus/procfs";
-      rev = "c91d8eefde16bd047416409eb56353ea84a186e4";
-      sha256 = "0pj3gzw9b58l72w0rkpn03ayssglmqfmyxghhfad6mh0b49dvj3r";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "bitbucket.org/ww/goautoneg";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "hg";
-      url = "bitbucket.org/ww/goautoneg";
-      rev = "75cd24fc2f2c2a2088577d12123ddee5f54e0675";
-      sha256 = "19khhn5xhqv1yp7d6k987gh5w5rhrjnp4p0c6fyrd8z6lzz5h9qi";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql";
-      rev = "fb7299726d2e68745a8805b14f2ff44b5c2cfa84";
-      sha256 = "185af0x475hq2wmm2zdvxjyslkplf8zzqijdxa937zqxq63qiw4w";
-    };
-  }
-]