diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 06e7204f45a2..fdd5ada19cba 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gperf, libcap, kmod
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, intltool, gperf, libcap, kmod
 , zlib, xz, pam, acl, cryptsetup, libuuid, m4, utillinux, libffi
 , glib, kbd, libxslt, coreutils, libgcrypt, libgpgerror, libapparmor, audit, lz4
 , kexectools, libmicrohttpd, linuxHeaders ? stdenv.cc.libc.linuxHeaders, libseccomp
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     # TODO: Remove this patch when we have a systemd version
     # with https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/6678
-    (fetchurl {
+    (fetchpatch {
         url = "https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/58a78ae77063eddfcd23ea272bd2e0ddc9ea3ff7.patch";
-        sha256 = "1y09n176f0389qrfrs3fsxj4hly1y1xfnb52rhbgj34704adp5m1";
+        sha256 = "0g3pvqigs69mciw6lj3zg12dmxnhwxndwxdjg78af52xrp0djfg8";
     })
   ];