diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/TESTS.patch b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/TESTS.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2308d811fc6d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/TESTS.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes the incorrect use of Automake's $(TESTS) in the
-top-level `Makefile.am'.
-
---- myserver-0.9/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:59.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/Makefile.in	2009-08-19 17:30:06.000000000 +0200
-@@ -243,14 +243,14 @@ target_vendor = @target_vendor@
- top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
- top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
--@BUILD_TESTS_TRUE@TESTS = tests
-+@BUILD_TESTS_TRUE@test_dir = tests
- @BUILD_DOC_TRUE@DOCS = documentation
- am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/m4/gnome-pthread-check.m4 \
-         $(top_srcdir)/m4/libtool.m4 \
-         $(top_srcdir)/m4/libxml.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/cppunit.m4 \
-         $(top_srcdir)/configure.in
- 
--SUBDIRS = src include $(CONTROL) $(CGI_LIB) binaries $(DOCS) $(TESTS)
-+SUBDIRS = src include $(CONTROL) $(CGI_LIB) binaries $(DOCS) $(test_dir)
- EXTRA_DIST = stdafx.h stdafx.cpp doxygen SConstruct
- all: config.h
- 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-recursive
-
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix
index 3fbe1ea79ecd..45e7f33681f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, libgcrypt, libevent, libidn, gnutls
-, libxml2, zlib, texinfo, cppunit }:
+, libxml2, zlib, texinfo, cppunit, xz }:
 
-let version = "0.9"; in
+let version = "0.9.2"; in
   stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "myserver-${version}";
 
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://gnu/myserver/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "1fhqgxfyhw6kygbicddpn2575mp8ybck3yffscbw26xmjkpm7nxy";
+      url = "mirror://gnu/myserver/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "110001ssyrvmvqrkxbz09a5m945ahh478v1l7aq31gh1l9j0cf6n";
     };
 
-    patches = [ ./prefix.patch ./TESTS.patch ];
+    patches = [ ./tests-in-chroot.patch ];
 
-    buildInputs = [ libgcrypt libevent libidn gnutls libxml2 zlib texinfo ]
+    buildInputs = [ libgcrypt libevent libidn gnutls libxml2 zlib texinfo xz ]
       ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck cppunit;
 
     doCheck = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/prefix.patch b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/prefix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c04f72b42ee2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/prefix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-Don't attempt to create directories outside of $(prefix).
-
---- myserver-0.9/binaries/logs/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:38.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/binaries/logs/Makefile.in	2009-08-19 17:40:20.000000000 +0200
-@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ uninstall-am:
- 	mostlyclean-libtool pdf pdf-am ps ps-am uninstall uninstall-am
- 
- install :
--	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/var/log/myserver
-+	true
- 
- # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
- # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
-
---- myserver-0.9/binaries/web/cgi-bin/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/binaries/web/cgi-bin/Makefile.in	2009-08-19 20:39:01.000000000 +0200
-@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ target_vendor = @target_vendor@
- top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
- top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
--myserverdatadir = $(DESTDIR)/var/web/cgi-bin
-+myserverdatadir = $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/var/web/cgi-bin
- dist_myserverdata_DATA = counter.html default.html counter.readme
- all: all-am
- 
---- myserver-0.9/binaries/web/cgi-src/math_sum/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/binaries/web/cgi-src/math_sum/Makefile.in	2009-08-20 17:28:19.000000000 +0200
-@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ math_sum.mscgi : $(libmath_sum_a_OBJECTS
- 	$(CXX) $(libmath_sum_a_OBJECTS) ../../../../src/libmyserver.a $(libmath_sum_a_LIBADD)  $(PTHREAD_LIB) $(IDN_LIB) $(XNET_LIB) $(EVENT_LIB) $(DL_LIB) $(SSL_LIB) $(ZLIB_LIB) $(XML_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) -o math_sum.mscgi -shared $(CXXFLAGS) $(XML_CFLAGS)
- 
- install : math_sum.mscgi
--	$(INSTALL) -D 'math_sum.mscgi' '$(DESTDIR)/var/web/cgi-bin/math_sum.mscgi'
-+	$(INSTALL) -D 'math_sum.mscgi' '$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/var/web/cgi-bin/math_sum.mscgi'
- 
- clean :
- 	rm -f math_sum.mscgi
-
---- myserver-0.9/binaries/web/cgi-src/post/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/binaries/web/cgi-src/post/Makefile.in	2009-08-20 17:33:47.000000000 +0200
-@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ post.mscgi : $(libpost_a_OBJECTS) $(libp
- 	$(CXX) $(libpost_a_OBJECTS) ../../../../src/libmyserver.a $(libpost_a_LIBADD)  $(PTHREAD_LIB) $(IDN_LIB) $(XNET_LIB) $(EVENT_LIB) $(DL_LIB) $(SSL_LIB) $(ZLIB_LIB) $(XML_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) -o post.mscgi -shared $(CXXFLAGS) $(XML_CFLAGS)
- 
- install : post.mscgi
--	$(INSTALL) -D 'post.mscgi' '$(DESTDIR)/var/web/cgi-bin/post.mscgi'
-+	$(INSTALL) -D 'post.mscgi' '$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/var/web/cgi-bin/post.mscgi'
- 
- clean :
- 	rm -f post.mscgi
-
---- myserver-0.9/binaries/web/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/binaries/web/Makefile.in	2009-08-20 22:37:43.000000000 +0200
-@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
- @BUILD_MSCGI_TRUE@CGI_SRC = cgi-src
- SUBDIRS = cgi-bin $(CGI_SRC)
--myserverdatadir = $(DESTDIR)/var/web
-+myserverdatadir = $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/var/web
- dist_myserverdata_DATA = logo.png goto.png default.html link.html
- all: all-recursive
- 
---- myserver-0.9/binaries/certificates/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:38.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/binaries/certificates/Makefile.in	2009-08-21 11:18:31.000000000 +0200
-@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ uninstall-am:
- 	mostlyclean-libtool pdf pdf-am ps ps-am uninstall uninstall-am
- 
- install :
--	$(INSTALL) -d '$(DESTDIR)/etc/myserver/certificates'
--	$(INSTALL) 'how_create_certificates.txt' '$(DESTDIR)/etc/myserver/certificates/how_create_certificates.txt'
-+	$(INSTALL) -d '$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/etc/myserver/certificates'
-+	$(INSTALL) 'how_create_certificates.txt' '$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/etc/myserver/certificates/how_create_certificates.txt'
- 
- # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
- # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
-
---- myserver-0.9/binaries/Makefile.in	2009-08-10 19:00:38.000000000 +0200
-+++ myserver-0.9/binaries/Makefile.in	2009-08-21 11:59:43.000000000 +0200
-@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ SUBDIRS = languages logs system web cert
- EXTRA_DIST = myserver-daemon MIMEtypes.default.xml myserver.default.xml \
- 						 virtualhosts.default.xml
- 
--configdir = $(DESTDIR)/etc/myserver
-+configdir = $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/etc/myserver
- all: all-recursive
- 
- .SUFFIXES:
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/tests-in-chroot.patch b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/tests-in-chroot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83d1adf7c5b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/tests-in-chroot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Some of the tests can't be run in a chroot:
+
+  - `test_homedir' wants to access /etc/passwd.
+  - `test_socket' would want /etc/hosts.
+
+--- myserver-0.9.2/tests/test_homedir.cpp	2010-02-14 21:04:14.000000000 +0100
++++ myserver-0.9.2/tests/test_homedir.cpp	2010-02-16 11:22:23.000000000 +0100
+@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public:
+      * if it doesn't handle this differently.  */
+     username.assign ("root");
+ #endif
++#if 0
+     string dir;
+ 
+     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL (homeDir->getHomeDir (username, dir), 0);
+@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public:
+     CPPUNIT_ASSERT (dir.length ());
+ 
+     homeDir->clear ();
++#endif
+   }
+ 
+ };
+
+--- myserver-0.9.2/tests/test_socket.cpp	2010-02-14 21:04:14.000000000 +0100
++++ myserver-0.9.2/tests/test_socket.cpp	2010-02-16 11:31:00.000000000 +0100
+@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static DEFINE_THREAD (testRecvClient, pP
+     {
+       int ret;
+       Socket *obj2 = new Socket;
+-      char host[] = "localhost";
++      char host[] = "127.0.0.1";
+ 
+       ret = obj2->socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+       CPPUNIT_ASSERT (ret != -1);
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 317f1f80b5a1..c7ba46c3a699 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5456,7 +5456,7 @@ let
 
   myserver = import ../servers/http/myserver {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libgcrypt libevent libidn gnutls libxml2
-      zlib texinfo cppunit;
+      zlib texinfo cppunit xz;
   };
 
   nginx = builderDefsPackage (import ../servers/http/nginx) {