diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/default.nix
index ae04c6a9ce32..33a1fe6e1ed7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
-let
-  source = import ./source.nix;
-in {
-  stdenvNoCC,
-  fetchzip,
-  lib,
-  rdfind,
-  which,
+{ stdenvNoCC
+, fetchzip
+, lib
+, rdfind
+, which
 }:
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "linux-firmware";
-  version = source.version;
+  version = "20240610";
 
   src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/snapshot/linux-firmware-${source.revision}.tar.gz";
-    hash = source.sourceHash;
+    url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/snapshot/linux-firmware-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-tjDqviOMvrBoEG8+Yn+XqdBlIDfQUX0KK2kpW6/jed8=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -27,10 +24,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   # Firmware blobs do not need fixing and should not be modified
   dontFixup = true;
 
-  outputHashMode = "recursive";
-  outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-  outputHash = source.outputHash;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Binary firmware collection packaged by kernel.org";
     homepage = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git";
@@ -39,6 +32,5 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
     priority = 6; # give precedence to kernel firmware
   };
-
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/source.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/source.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index adaa4968fd56..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/source.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# This file is autogenerated! Run ./update.sh to regenerate.
-{
-  version = "20240610";
-  revision = "20240610";
-  sourceHash = "sha256-tjDqviOMvrBoEG8+Yn+XqdBlIDfQUX0KK2kpW6/jed8=";
-  outputHash = "sha256-2VxzN778TLov5N1DPSnnkT7wQnLg85PyKsljZOoSoNM=";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/update.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/update.sh
index 4b28d6e1374f..7886e93571ab 100755
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/update.sh
@@ -1,47 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-cd "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")" || exit
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p git -p common-updater-scripts
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
 
 repo="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git"
 
-# step 1: figure out the latest version from the tags
-if [ -z "${1:-}" ]; then
-  revision="$(git ls-remote --refs --tags --sort refname "$repo" | tail -n1 | cut -f2 | cut -d '/' -f3)"
-  version=$revision
-else
-  revision=$1
-  if [ -z "${2:-}" ]; then
-    version="unstable-$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")"
-  else
-    version=$2
-  fi
-fi
+revision="$(git ls-remote --refs --tags --sort refname "$repo" | tail -n1 | cut -f2 | cut -d '/' -f3)"
 
-# step 2: prefetch the source tarball
-snapshotUrl="$repo/snapshot/linux-firmware-$revision.tar.gz"
-hash="$(nix-prefetch-url --unpack "$snapshotUrl")"
-sriHash="$(nix --experimental-features nix-command hash to-sri "sha256:$hash")"
-
-# step 3: rebuild as a non-FO derivation to get the right hash
-cat > source.nix << EOF
-{
-  version = "$version";
-  revision = "$revision";
-  sourceHash = "$sriHash";
-  outputHash = null;
-}
-EOF
-
-outPath="$(nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" build ".#linux-firmware" --no-link --print-out-paths)"
-outHash="$(nix --experimental-features nix-command hash path "$outPath")"
-
-# step 4: generate the final file
-cat > source.nix << EOF
-# This file is autogenerated! Run ./update.sh to regenerate.
-{
-  version = "$version";
-  revision = "$revision";
-  sourceHash = "$sriHash";
-  outputHash = "$outHash";
-}
-EOF
+update-source-version linux-firmware "$revision"