diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-tests.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-tests.txt
index b09d63ced..184974cf2 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ pytest-rerunfailures==2.0.0
 pytest-travis-fold==1.2.0
 pytest-xvfb==0.2.0
 six==1.10.0
-vulture==0.8.1
+vulture==0.9
 Werkzeug==0.11.10
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-vulture.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-vulture.txt
index 47a2c6741..e3e35ba70 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-vulture.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-vulture.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This file is automatically generated by scripts/dev/recompile_requirements.py
 
-vulture==0.8.1
+vulture==0.9
diff --git a/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py b/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
index bc09717e6..b894377cf 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@ def whitelist_generator():
     for func in qutescheme.HANDLERS.values():
         yield 'qutebrowser.browser.webkit.network.qutescheme.' + func.__name__
 
-    # Globals
-    # https://bitbucket.org/jendrikseipp/vulture/issues/10/
-    yield 'qutebrowser.misc.utilcmds.pyeval_output'
-    yield 'utils.use_color'
-    yield 'qutebrowser.browser.webkit.mhtml.last_used_directory'
-    yield 'qutebrowser.utils.utils.fake_clipboard'
-    yield 'qutebrowser.utils.utils.log_clipboard'
-
     # Other false-positives
     yield ('qutebrowser.completion.models.sortfilter.CompletionFilterModel().'
            'lessThan')
@@ -127,9 +119,9 @@ def report(items):
     properties which get used for the items.
     """
     output = []
-    for item in sorted(items, key=lambda e: (e.file.lower(), e.lineno)):
-        relpath = os.path.relpath(item.file)
-        path = relpath if not relpath.startswith('..') else item.file
+    for item in sorted(items, key=lambda e: (e.filename.lower(), e.lineno)):
+        relpath = os.path.relpath(item.filename)
+        path = relpath if not relpath.startswith('..') else item.filename
         output.append("{}:{}: Unused {} '{}'".format(path, item.lineno,
                                                      item.typ, item))
     return output
diff --git a/tests/unit/scripts/test_run_vulture.py b/tests/unit/scripts/test_run_vulture.py
index f2427c11c..91f7a0744 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scripts/test_run_vulture.py
+++ b/tests/unit/scripts/test_run_vulture.py
@@ -138,26 +138,3 @@ def test_unused_method_camelcase(vultdir):
         Foo()
     """)
     assert not vultdir.run()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.xfail(
-    True, reason="https://bitbucket.org/jendrikseipp/vulture/issues/10/")
-def test_globals_bug(vultdir):
-    """Vulture has a bug where it detects globals as unused.
-
-    When this test starts XPASSing, we know it's been fixed.
-    """
-    vultdir.makepyfile(foo="""
-        import bar
-
-        bar.attr = True
-        bar.blub()
-    """)
-    vultdir.makepyfile(bar="""
-        attr = False
-
-        def blub():
-            if attr:
-                print("Hey!")
-    """)
-    assert not vultdir.run()