diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/bcc.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/bcc.nix
index d76249bb5ca..e475c6ceaa6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/bcc.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/bcc.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{ config, lib, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 {
   options.programs.bcc.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "bcc";
 
   config = lib.mkIf config.programs.bcc.enable {
-    environment.systemPackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.bcc ];
-    boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.bcc ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.bcc ];
+    boot.extraModulePackages = [ pkgs.bcc ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix
index 91e53d686a1..4e8f28a0eda 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, makeWrapper, cmake, llvmPackages, kernel
+, makeWrapper, cmake, llvmPackages
 , flex, bison, elfutils, python, luajit, netperf, iperf, libelf
-, systemtap, bash
+, bash
 }:
 
 python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   format = "other";
 
   buildInputs = with llvmPackages; [
-    llvm llvm.dev libclang kernel
+    llvm llvm.dev libclang
     elfutils luajit netperf iperf
-    systemtap.stapBuild flex bash
+    flex bash
   ];
 
   patches = [
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ python.pkgs.netaddr ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper cmake flex bison llvmPackages.llvm.dev ]
-    # libelf is incompatible with elfutils-libelf
-    ++ lib.filter (x: x != libelf) kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper cmake flex bison llvmPackages.llvm.dev ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DBCC_KERNEL_MODULES_DIR=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules"
+    "-DBCC_KERNEL_MODULES_DIR=/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules"
     "-DREVISION=${version}"
     "-DENABLE_USDT=ON"
     "-DENABLE_CPP_API=ON"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eabb434a329..fd5a63bdc2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14149,6 +14149,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bpftools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bpftools { };
 
+  bcc = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bcc {
+    python = pkgs.python3;
+  };
+
   bpm-tools = callPackage ../tools/audio/bpm-tools { };
 
   byacc = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/byacc { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index 2aa9f8482f1..e17bef47055 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ in {
     inherit (kernel) kernelOlder kernelAtLeast;
     # Obsolete aliases (these packages do not depend on the kernel).
     inherit (pkgs) odp-dpdk pktgen; # added 2018-05
+    inherit (pkgs) bcc; # added 2021-12
 
     acpi_call = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/acpi-call {};
 
@@ -263,10 +264,6 @@ in {
 
     batman_adv = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/batman-adv {};
 
-    bcc = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bcc {
-      python = pkgs.python3;
-    };
-
     bpftrace = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bpftrace { };
 
     bbswitch = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bbswitch {};