diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/brightnessctl.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/brightnessctl.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d54398d10df..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/brightnessctl.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-let
-  cfg = config.hardware.brightnessctl;
-in
-{
-
-  options = {
-
-    hardware.brightnessctl = {
-
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        type = types.bool;
-        description = ''
-          Enable brightnessctl in userspace.
-          This will allow brightness control from users in the video group.
-        '';
-
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.udev.packages = with pkgs; [ brightnessctl ];
-    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ brightnessctl ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 402f222f4e92..9bad1554adc9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
   ./hardware/acpilight.nix
   ./hardware/all-firmware.nix
   ./hardware/bladeRF.nix
-  ./hardware/brightnessctl.nix
   ./hardware/brillo.nix
   ./hardware/ckb-next.nix
   ./hardware/cpu/amd-microcode.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 3b1b1b8bb55c..2cc6c46e3581 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ with lib;
       instead, or any other display manager in NixOS as they all support auto-login.
     '')
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "dnscrypt-proxy" ] "Use services.dnscrypt-proxy2 instead")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule ["hardware" "brightnessctl" ] ''
+      The brightnessctl module was removed because newer versions of
+      brightnessctl don't require the udev rules anymore (they can use the
+      systemd-logind API). Instead of using the module you can now
+      simply add the brightnessctl package to environment.systemPackages.
+    '')
 
     # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix
index 387216e052f9..37956785a5bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, coreutils, pkg-config, systemd }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, systemd }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "brightnessctl";
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=" "DESTDIR=$(out)" "ENABLE_SYSTEMD=1" ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace 90-brightnessctl.rules --replace /bin/ ${coreutils}/bin/
-    # For backward compatibility with the NixOS module / udev approach:
-    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace "INSTALL_UDEV_RULES=0" "INSTALL_UDEV_RULES=1"
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ systemd ];