diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
index d8cef7a7863..169d541e392 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, e2fsprogs, ncurses, readline}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, e2fsprogs, readline}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "parted-1.8.1";
+  name = "parted-1.8.7";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/parted/parted-1.8.1.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "c430b38fd5f3c7530e2c3a3bdf605a29";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/parted/parted-1.8.7.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0njabfinn1kbkdx80gayqanpammnl28pklli34bymhx1sxn82kk3";
   };
-  buildInputs = [e2fsprogs ncurses readline];
-  patches = [./parted-trailingcomma.patch];
+  buildInputs = [e2fsprogs readline];
+
+  configureFlags = "--without-readline";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/parted-trailingcomma.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/parted-trailingcomma.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9016eb81fc9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/parted-trailingcomma.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN parted-1.6.23/include/parted/exception.h parted-1.6.23.new/include/parted/exception.h
---- parted-1.6.23/include/parted/exception.h	2001-12-27 01:26:09.000000000 +0100
-+++ parted-1.6.23.new/include/parted/exception.h	2005-08-01 11:28:38.000000000 +0200
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- 	PED_EXCEPTION_ERROR=3,
- 	PED_EXCEPTION_FATAL=4,
- 	PED_EXCEPTION_BUG=5,
--	PED_EXCEPTION_NO_FEATURE=6,
-+	PED_EXCEPTION_NO_FEATURE=6
- };
- typedef enum _PedExceptionType PedExceptionType;
- 
-@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
- 	PED_EXCEPTION_OK=8,
- 	PED_EXCEPTION_RETRY=16,
- 	PED_EXCEPTION_IGNORE=32,
--	PED_EXCEPTION_CANCEL=64,
-+	PED_EXCEPTION_CANCEL=64
- };
- typedef enum _PedExceptionOption PedExceptionOption;
- #define PED_EXCEPTION_OK_CANCEL	    (PED_EXCEPTION_OK + PED_EXCEPTION_CANCEL)