diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
index dc1ec27c967f..9029a0e8e0cb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ in
       # this file is expected in /etc/qemu and not sysconfdir (/var/lib)
       etc."qemu/bridge.conf".text = lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (e: "allow ${e}") cfg.allowedBridges;
       systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-        libressl.nc
+        netcat
         config.networking.firewall.package
         cfg.package
         cfg.qemu.package
diff --git a/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix b/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix
index 1c1077595d2a..7aaf31c14d3e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let
         sudo
         ceph
         xfsprogs
-        libressl.nc
+        netcat
       ];
 
       boot.kernelModules = [ "xfs" ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/fail2ban.nix b/nixos/tests/fail2ban.nix
index 43acfa54cf7a..97e5b4edaeab 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/fail2ban.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/fail2ban.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   nodes.client = _: {
     environment.systemPackages = [
       pkgs.sshpass
-      pkgs.libressl.nc
+      pkgs.netcat
     ];
 
   };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/jool.nix b/nixos/tests/jool.nix
index 3bbfc9469011..76076cba6a63 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/jool.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/jool.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
           printf 'HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n'
           printf 'Content-Length: ${toString (1 + builtins.stringLength msg)}\n'
           printf '\n${msg}\n\n'
-        } | ${pkgs.libressl.nc}/bin/nc -${toString ip}nvl 80
+        } | ${pkgs.netcat}/bin/nc -${toString ip}nvl 80
         done
       '';
     };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/samba-wsdd.nix b/nixos/tests/samba-wsdd.nix
index 07ad7d68f664..3277a8b0e6c8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/samba-wsdd.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/samba-wsdd.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     server_wsdd.wait_for_unit("samba-wsdd")
 
     client_wsdd.wait_until_succeeds(
-        "echo list | ${pkgs.libressl.nc}/bin/nc -N -U /run/wsdd/wsdd.sock | grep -i SERVER-WSDD"
+        "echo list | ${pkgs.netcat}/bin/nc -N -U /run/wsdd/wsdd.sock | grep -i SERVER-WSDD"
     )
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hydra/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hydra/package.nix
index cb9513095d83..cbeb09787e27 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hydra/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hydra/package.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   mdbook,
   foreman,
   python3,
-  libressl,
+  netcat,
   cacert,
   glibcLocales,
   meson,
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     foreman
     glibcLocales
     python3
-    libressl.nc
+    netcat
     nix-eval-jobs
     openldap
     postgresql