diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
index aabf9cd5de5..89cd50f085f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage
-, six, systemd, pytest, mock, hypothesis, docutils
+, six, udev, pytest, mock, hypothesis, docutils
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/pyudev/_ctypeslib/utils.py \
-      --replace "find_library(name)" "'${lib.getLib systemd}/lib/libudev.so'"
+      --replace "find_library(name)" "'${lib.getLib udev}/lib/libudev.so'"
     '';
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock hypothesis docutils ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0f4a3a9fba5..a79e2241179 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8375,7 +8375,7 @@ in {
     };
 
   pyudev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyudev {
-    inherit (pkgs) systemd;
+    inherit (pkgs) udev;
   };
 
   pyunbound = callPackage ../tools/networking/unbound/python.nix { };