diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 550897e..0308f67 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/fasthenry-spFactor.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/findutils-test-xargs.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/flashrom-use-libftdi1.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/flint-ldconfig.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/fltk-shared-lib-defines.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/fltk-xfont-on-demand.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/flashing-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/flashing-tools.scm
index d0c164e..a55ed96 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/flashing-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/flashing-tools.scm
@@ -38,16 +38,15 @@
 (define-public flashrom
   (package
     (name "flashrom")
-    (version "0.9.7")
+    (version "0.9.9")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
-                    "http://download.flashrom.org/releases/flashrom-"
+                    "https://download.flashrom.org/releases/flashrom-"
                     version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1s9pc4yls2s1gcg2ar4q75nym2z5v6lxq36bl6lq26br00nj2mas"))
-              (patches (search-patches "flashrom-use-libftdi1.patch"))))
+                "0i9wg1lyfg99bld7d00zqjm9f0lk6m0q3h3n9c195c9yysq5ccfb"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("dmidecode" ,dmidecode)
               ("pciutils" ,pciutils)
@@ -55,7 +54,9 @@
               ("libftdi" ,libftdi)))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (arguments
-     '(#:make-flags (list "CC=gcc" (string-append "PREFIX=" %output))
+     '(#:make-flags (list "CC=gcc"
+                          (string-append "PREFIX=" %output)
+                          "CONFIG_ENABLE_LIBUSB0_PROGRAMMERS=no")
        #:tests? #f   ; no 'check' target
        #:phases
        (alist-delete
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/flashrom-use-libftdi1.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/flashrom-use-libftdi1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a6051df..0000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/flashrom-use-libftdi1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-Update to libftdi-1.0 is advertised as a drop-in replacement for libftdi,
-running on top of libusb-1.0. This also removes indirect dependency to
-libusb-0.1.
-
-Patch by Kyösti Mälkki <address@hidden>.
-See <http://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/3904/>.
-
---- flashrom/Makefile.orig	2013-08-13 18:00:00.000000000 -0400
-+++ flashrom/Makefile	2014-08-05 03:10:40.217145375 -0400
-@@ -492,19 +492,21 @@
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_FT2232_SPI), yes)
- # This is a totally ugly hack.
- FEATURE_CFLAGS += $(shell LC_ALL=C grep -q "FTDISUPPORT := yes" .features && printf "%s" "-D'CONFIG_FT2232_SPI=1'")
--NEED_FTDI := yes
-+NEED_FTDI1 := yes
- PROGRAMMER_OBJS += ft2232_spi.o
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_USBBLASTER_SPI), yes)
- # This is a totally ugly hack.
- FEATURE_CFLAGS += $(shell LC_ALL=C grep -q "FTDISUPPORT := yes" .features && printf "%s" "-D'CONFIG_USBBLASTER_SPI=1'")
--NEED_FTDI := yes
-+NEED_LIBUSB1 := yes
-+NEED_FTDI1 := yes
- PROGRAMMER_OBJS += usbblaster_spi.o
- endif
- 
--ifeq ($(NEED_FTDI), yes)
--FTDILIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libftdi 2>/dev/null || printf "%s" "-lftdi -lusb")
-+ifeq ($(NEED_FTDI1), yes)
-+FTDILIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libftdi1 2>/dev/null || printf "%s" "-lftdi1 -lusb-1.0")
-+FEATURE_CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags libftdi1 2>/dev/null)
- FEATURE_CFLAGS += $(shell LC_ALL=C grep -q "FT232H := yes" .features && printf "%s" "-D'HAVE_FT232H=1'")
- FEATURE_LIBS += $(shell LC_ALL=C grep -q "FTDISUPPORT := yes" .features && printf "%s" "$(FTDILIBS)")
- # We can't set NEED_USB here because that would transform libftdi auto-enabling
-@@ -781,6 +783,7 @@
- endif
- 
- define FTDI_TEST
-+#include <stddef.h>
- #include <ftdi.h>
- struct ftdi_context *ftdic = NULL;
- int main(int argc, char **argv)
-@@ -793,6 +796,7 @@
- export FTDI_TEST
- 
- define FTDI_232H_TEST
-+#include <stddef.h>
- #include <ftdi.h>
- enum ftdi_chip_type type = TYPE_232H;
- endef
-@@ -826,15 +830,15 @@
- 
- features: compiler
- 	@echo "FEATURES := yes" > .features.tmp
--ifeq ($(NEED_FTDI), yes)
-+ifeq ($(NEED_FTDI1), yes)
- 	@printf "Checking for FTDI support... "
- 	@echo "$$FTDI_TEST" > .featuretest.c
--	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) .featuretest.c -o .featuretest$(EXEC_SUFFIX) $(FTDILIBS) $(LIBS) >/dev/null 2>&1 &&	\
-+	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) .featuretest.c -o .featuretest$(EXEC_SUFFIX) $(FTDILIBS) $(LIBS) >/dev/null 2>&1 &&	\
- 		( echo "found."; echo "FTDISUPPORT := yes" >> .features.tmp ) ||	\
- 		( echo "not found."; echo "FTDISUPPORT := no" >> .features.tmp )
- 	@printf "Checking for FT232H support in libftdi... "
- 	@echo "$$FTDI_232H_TEST" >> .featuretest.c
--	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) .featuretest.c -o .featuretest$(EXEC_SUFFIX) $(FTDILIBS) $(LIBS) >/dev/null 2>&1 &&	\
-+	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) .featuretest.c -o .featuretest$(EXEC_SUFFIX) $(FTDILIBS) $(LIBS) >/dev/null 2>&1 &&	\
- 		( echo "found."; echo "FT232H := yes" >> .features.tmp ) ||	\
- 		( echo "not found."; echo "FT232H := no" >> .features.tmp )
- endif