diff --git a/Formula/lftp.rb b/Formula/lftp.rb
index 2a02c380d2..f6d4b1ca25 100644
--- a/Formula/lftp.rb
+++ b/Formula/lftp.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ require 'formula'
 
 class Lftp < Formula
   homepage 'http://lftp.yar.ru/'
-  url 'http://ftp.yar.ru/pub/source/lftp/lftp-4.4.8.tar.bz2'
-  mirror 'ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/net/ftp/lftp/lftp-4.4.8.tar.bz2'
-  sha1 'c825849d90b8132ed43ea5b73fdbb6a63f3e44de'
+  url 'http://lftp.yar.ru/ftp/lftp-4.4.9.tar.bz2'
+  mirror 'ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/net/ftp/lftp/lftp-4.4.9.tar.bz2'
+  sha1 'f7035e0c558222654511f17db3213262bc4b53fd'
 
   # https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/18749
   env :std
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ class Lftp < Formula
   depends_on 'readline'
   depends_on 'gnutls'
 
-  # Hotfix for compiling on Snow Leopard; check if still needed in next release
-  # https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/20435
-  # http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.lftp.user/2253
-  def patches
-    DATA
-  end
-
   def install
     # Bus error
     # TODO what are the more specific circumstances?
@@ -30,16 +23,3 @@ class Lftp < Formula
     system "make install"
   end
 end
-
-__END__
-diff --git a/src/buffer_zlib.cc b/src/buffer_zlib.cc
-index 2ceaee9..ef79e6f 100644
---- a/src/buffer_zlib.cc
-+++ b/src/buffer_zlib.cc
-@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ DataInflator::~DataInflator()
- }
- void DataInflator::ResetTranslation()
- {
--   z_err = inflateReset2(&z, 16+MAX_WBITS);
-+   z_err = inflateReset(&z);
- }