diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
index c49934b96f77..11e2cf5c7e45 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-web",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.5.6",
+  "version": "1.5.9",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
index 9b6f591bd42d..bf0feda42780 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 
 let
   executableName = "riot-desktop";
-  version = "1.5.6";
+  version = "1.5.9";
   riot-web-src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vector-im";
     repo = "riot-web";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "148rg6wc84xy53bj16v5riw78s999ridid59x6v9jas827l0bdpk";
+    sha256 = "13bskp8nj1h44y7x4dibnfa8sdnzl744x4xckcw5lxnlkccfr69m";
   };
 
 in mkYarnPackage rec {
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ in mkYarnPackage rec {
     # resources
     mkdir -p "$out/share/riot"
     ln -s '${riot-web}' "$out/share/riot/webapp"
-    cp -r '${riot-web-src}/origin_migrator' "$out/share/riot/origin_migrator"
     cp -r './deps/riot-web' "$out/share/riot/electron"
     cp -r './deps/riot-web/img' "$out/share/riot"
     rm "$out/share/riot/electron/node_modules"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix
index c31f0cc06cb9..ea8626d6b06e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ let
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "riot-web";
-  version = "1.5.8";
+  version = "1.5.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/download/v${version}/riot-v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "112zjlmxy2s8qcd227laf1lfvbbwwcipn51xb779hy2dci48kpkx";
+    sha256 = "1qibbgjzhiwn1lnfm3pbfn6jahphgyf6625mp4v0ah2is75x16ys";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''