diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix
index 18bcfdb9b8b7..dd3da78250a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{ lib, buildFHSUserEnv, version, src }:
+{ lib, buildFHSUserEnv, platformio-core }:
 
 let
   pio-pkgs = pkgs:
     let
-      python = pkgs.python3;
+      inherit (platformio-core) python;
     in
     (with pkgs; [
       platformio-core
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ buildFHSUserEnv {
   };
 
   extraInstallCommands = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/udev/rules.d
-
     ln -s $out/bin/platformio $out/bin/pio
-    ln -s ${src}/platformio/assets/system/99-platformio-udev.rules $out/lib/udev/rules.d/99-platformio-udev.rules
+    ln -s ${platformio-core.udev}/lib $out/lib
   '';
 
   runScript = "platformio";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
index 00ee07a5fc5b..81ad2354c99a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,22 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , git
 , spdx-license-list-data
-, version, src
 }:
 
 with python3.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "platformio";
-  inherit version src;
+
+  version = "6.1.6";
+
+  # pypi tarballs don't contain tests - https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/1964
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "platformio";
+    repo = "platformio-core";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-BEeMfdmAWqFbQUu8YKKrookQVgmhfZBqXnzeb2gfhms=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "udev" ];
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-searchpath.patch
@@ -60,6 +70,13 @@ with python3.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  # Install udev rules into a separate output so all of platformio-core is not a dependency if
+  # you want to use the udev rules on NixOS but not install platformio in your system packages.
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $udev/lib/udev/rules.d/99-platformio-udev.rules
+    cp platformio/assets/system/99-platformio-udev.rules $udev/lib/udev/rules.d/99-platformio-udev.rules
+  '';
+
   disabledTestPaths = [
     "tests/commands/pkg/test_install.py"
     "tests/commands/pkg/test_list.py"
@@ -145,6 +162,10 @@ with python3.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
     "test_pkgmanifest.py::test_packages"
   ]);
 
+  passthru = {
+    python = python3;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An open source ecosystem for IoT development";
     homepage = "https://platformio.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix
index fbcce7eae60e..956d7dee06cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix
@@ -3,20 +3,10 @@
 let
   callPackage = newScope self;
 
-  version = "6.1.6";
-
-  # pypi tarballs don't contain tests - https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/1964
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "platformio";
-    repo = "platformio-core";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-BEeMfdmAWqFbQUu8YKKrookQVgmhfZBqXnzeb2gfhms=";
-  };
-
   self = {
-    platformio-core = python3Packages.callPackage ./core.nix { inherit version src; };
+    platformio-core = python3Packages.callPackage ./core.nix { };
 
-    platformio-chrootenv = callPackage ./chrootenv.nix { inherit version src; };
+    platformio-chrootenv = callPackage ./chrootenv.nix { };
   };
 
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/missing-udev-rules-nixos.patch b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/missing-udev-rules-nixos.patch
index 2a978496a19b..4be06ceac8b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/missing-udev-rules-nixos.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/missing-udev-rules-nixos.patch
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@ index ef1d3bab..445174fc 100644
      MESSAGE = (
          "Warning! Please install `99-platformio-udev.rules`. \nMore details: "
          "https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/installation/udev-rules.html"
-+        "On NixOS add the platformio package to services.udev.packages"
++        "On NixOS add the platformio-core.udev package to services.udev.packages"
      )
- 
-