diff --git a/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix b/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
index a5e96cc0f1c..e187219cbd8 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
+++ b/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ let
     path =
       [ pkgs.coreutils
         pkgs.utillinux
-        pkgs.udev
         pkgs.sysvtools
       ] ++ pkgs.lib.optional config.boot.cleanTmpDir pkgs.findutils;
     postBootCommands = pkgs.writeText "local-cmds"