diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman/package.nix
index 74d743260233..6b7dd7cb6c10 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   libapparmor,
   libseccomp,
   libselinux,
-  systemd,
+  systemdMinimal,
   go-md2man,
   nixosTests,
   python3,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     libseccomp
     libselinux
     lvm2
-    systemd
+    systemdMinimal
   ];
 
   env = {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     RPATH=$(patchelf --print-rpath $out/bin/.podman-wrapped)
-    patchelf --set-rpath "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ systemd ]}":$RPATH $out/bin/.podman-wrapped
+    patchelf --set-rpath "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ systemdMinimal ]}":$RPATH $out/bin/.podman-wrapped
     substituteInPlace "$out/share/systemd/user/podman-user-wait-network-online.service" \
       --replace-fail sleep '${coreutils}/bin/sleep' \
       --replace-fail /bin/sh '${runtimeShell}'