diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/epstool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/epstool/default.nix
index 6910f458a17d..cdb1f75cb2c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/epstool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/epstool/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "3.08";
+  version = "3.09";
   pname = "epstool";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/epstool/epstool_${version}+repack.orig.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1pfgqbipwk36clhma2k365jkpvyy75ahswn8jczzys382jalpwgk";
+    url = "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/epstool/epstool_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-HoUknRpE+UGLH5Wjrr2LB4TauOSd62QXrJuZbKCPYBE=";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     make EPSTOOL_ROOT=$out install
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./gcc43.patch ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files, fix bounding boxes and convert to bitmaps";
     homepage = "http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/epstool.htm";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/epstool/gcc43.patch b/pkgs/tools/graphics/epstool/gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 398ce08c5182..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/epstool/gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- epstool-3.08.orig/src/epstool.c	2005-06-10 04:41:00.000000000 -0500
-+++ epstool-3.08/src/epstool.c	2009-02-16 20:55:43.186140029 -0600
-@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@
- 		code = -1;
- 	}
- 	if ((code==0) && stdout_name && (hChildStdoutWr == -1)) {
--	    handle = open(stdout_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
-+	    handle = open(stdout_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644);
- 	    hChildStdoutWr = dup2(handle, 1);
- 	    if (handle != -1)
- 		close(handle);
-@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@
- 		code = -1;
- 	}
- 	if ((code==0) && stderr_name && (hChildStderrWr == -1)) {
--	    handle = open(stderr_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
-+	    handle = open(stderr_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644);
- 	    hChildStderrWr = dup2(handle, 2);
- 	    if (handle != -1)
- 		close(handle);