diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hidapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hidapi/default.nix
index 976961d2164b..5c1fdda9484f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hidapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hidapi/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchPypi,
   xcbuild,
   cython_0,
-  libusb1,
   udev,
   darwin,
 }:
@@ -23,10 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cython_0 ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ xcbuild ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
-    lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-      libusb1
-      udev
-    ]
+    lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ udev ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin (
       with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks;
       [
@@ -36,13 +32,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       ]
     );
 
-  # Fix the USB backend library lookup
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
-    libusb=${libusb1.dev}/include/libusb-1.0
-    test -d $libusb || { echo "ERROR: $libusb doesn't exist, please update/fix this build expression."; exit 1; }
-    sed -i -e "s|/usr/include/libusb-1.0|$libusb|" setup.py
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "hid" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6582ff759efb..f4d6dea86887 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5756,7 +5756,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
   };
 
   hidapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hidapi {
-    inherit (pkgs) udev libusb1;
+    inherit (pkgs) udev;
   };
 
   hid-parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hid-parser { };