diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/curl-types-h.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/curl-types-h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba99da23b46..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/curl-types-h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-curl removed <curl/types.h> header
-diff --git a/src/ccurl_thread.c b/src/ccurl_thread.c
-index 10e73a6..9bea299 100644
---- a/src/ccurl_thread.c
-+++ b/src/ccurl_thread.c
-@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
- #endif /* DEBUG */
- 
- #include <curl/curl.h>
--#include <curl/types.h>
- #include <curl/easy.h>
- 
- /*
-diff --git a/src/eve.c b/src/eve.c
-index dc07264..f62a5f6 100644
---- a/src/eve.c
-+++ b/src/eve.c
-@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
- #include <libxml/xmlwriter.h>
- 
- #include <curl/curl.h>
--#include <curl/types.h>
- #include <curl/easy.h>
- 
- #include <time.h>
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
index fda361d6c74..086b792b4cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, curl, wirelesstools, glib, openssl}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, curl, wirelesstools, glib, openssl
+, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "conky-1.8.1";
+  name = "conky-1.9.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/conky/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0hsybra4qzaqzny6n66m7768vbwkikajcvcbsqgnnnb9527jfnpq";
+    sha256 = "0vxvjmi3cdvnp994sv5zcdyncfn0mlxa71p2wm9zpyrmy58bbwds";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 curl wirelesstools glib openssl ];
-  configureFlags =
-    (map (x: "--disable-${x}") [ "x11" "xdamage" "own-window" "xft" "lua" "ncurses" ])
-    ++ (map (x: "--enable-${x}") [ "mpd" "double-buffer" "wlan" "rss" ]);
+  patches = [ ./stdbool.patch ];
 
-  patches = [ ./curl-types-h.patch ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 curl wirelesstools glib openssl ncurses ];
+  configureFlags =
+    (map (x: "--disable-${x}") [ "x11" "xdamage" "own-window" "xft" "lua" ])
+    ++ (map (x: "--enable-${x}") [ "mpd" "double-buffer" "wlan" "rss"
+                                   "weather-metar" "weather-xoap" ]);
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://conky.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor complied without X based on torsmo";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.guibert ];
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/stdbool.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/stdbool.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f0b714a1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/stdbool.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
+index 5848b61..69a3d45 100644
+--- a/src/conky.c
++++ b/src/conky.c
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+ #include "common.h"
+ #include "timed_thread.h"
+ #include <stdarg.h>
++#include <stdbool.h>
+ #include <math.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <locale.h>