diff --git a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index 7a38883af57..b2769f63ac9 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ let
     name = "udev-rules";
     buildCommand = ''
       ensureDir $out
+
+      echo 'ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}="${extraUtils}/lib"' > $out/00-env.rules
       
       cp ${pkgs.udev}/libexec/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules $out/
       cp ${pkgs.udev}/libexec/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules $out/
@@ -243,26 +245,6 @@ let
             --replace 'ENV{DM_SBIN_PATH}="/sbin"' 'ENV{DM_SBIN_PATH}="${extraUtils}/bin"' \
             --replace /sbin/mdadm ${extraUtils}/bin/mdadm
       done
-
-      # Remove rule preventing creation of a by-label symlink
-      # for a CD-ROM if disk removal will not be properly reported.
-      # Such a link can get obsolete in a running system, but 
-      # during boot stage 1 it is unlikely. We need this change
-      # to be able to boot on a wider choice of CD drives.
-      sed -e '/^ENV[{]DEVTYPE[}]=="disk", .*GOTO/d' -i $out/60-persistent-storage.rules
-
-      # Work around a bug in QEMU, which doesn't implement the "READ
-      # DISC INFORMATION" SCSI command:
-      #   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609049
-      # As a result, `cdrom_id' doesn't print
-      # ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT_DATA, which in turn prevents the
-      # /dev/disk/by-label symlinks from being created.  We need these
-      # in the NixOS installation CD, so use ID_CDROM_MEDIA in the
-      # corresponding udev rules for now.  This was the behaviour in
-      # udev <= 154.  See also
-      #   http://www.spinics.net/lists/hotplug/msg03935.html
-      substituteInPlace $out/60-persistent-storage.rules \
-        --replace ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT_DATA ID_CDROM_MEDIA
     ''; # */
   };