diff --git a/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix
index 7dc6029acb42..1d1dddd0c2a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "elvish-${version}";
-  version = "0.5";
+  version = "0.9";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/elves/elvish";
 
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     repo = "elvish";
     owner = "elves";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1dk5f8a2wpgd5cw45ippvx46fxk0yap64skfpzpiqz8bkbnrwbz6";
+    sha256 = "0alsv04iihrk1nffp6fmyzxid26dqhg1k45957c2ymyzyq9cglxj";
   };
 
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A Novel unix shell in go language";
+    description = "A friendly and expressive Unix shell";
     homepage = https://github.com/elves/elvish;
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/elvish/deps.nix b/pkgs/shells/elvish/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cff60bad0a9b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/shells/elvish/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/elves/getopt";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/elves/getopt";
-      rev = "f91a7bf920995832d55a1182f26657bc975b9c24";
-      sha256 = "0wz5dz0iq1b1c2w30mmcgll9xidsrnlvs2906jw9szy0h67310za";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3";
-      rev = "b4142c444a8941d0d92b0b7103a24df9cd815e42";
-      sha256 = "0xq2y4am8dz9w9aaq24s1npg1sn8pf2gn4nki73ylz2fpjwq9vla";
-    };
-  }
-]