diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix
index f977d72e7242..b9aa26c67a08 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , autoreconfHook
-, patchelf
 , pkg-config
 , libusb1
 }:
@@ -14,10 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ]; # get rid of propagating systemd closure
   outputBin = "dev";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook patchelf pkg-config ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libusb1 ];
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libusb";
     repo = "libusb-compat-0.1";
@@ -27,6 +22,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./fix-headers.patch;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libusb1 ];
+
   # without this, libusb-compat is unable to find libusb1
   postFixup = ''
     find $out/lib -name \*.so\* -type f -exec \