diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix
index a7472de1d025..859593e4b9aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, flex, bison, linuxHeaders, libtirpc, mount, umount, modprobe, nfs-utils, e2fsprogs
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, flex, bison, linuxHeaders, libtirpc, mount, umount, nfs-utils, e2fsprogs
 , libxml2, kerberos, kmod, openldap, sssd, cyrus_sasl, openssl }:
 
 let
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export MOUNT=${mount}/bin/mount
     export MOUNT_NFS=${nfs-utils}/bin/mount.nfs
     export UMOUNT=${umount}/bin/umount
-    export MODPROBE=${modprobe}/bin/modprobe
+    export MODPROBE=${kmod}/bin/modprobe
     export E2FSCK=${e2fsprogs}/bin/fsck.ext2
     export E3FSCK=${e2fsprogs}/bin/fsck.ext3
     export E4FSCK=${e2fsprogs}/bin/fsck.ext4
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 527e6e9cd143..4fc752a8ee1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21229,6 +21229,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   # Unix tools
   unixtools = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ./unix-tools.nix { });
-  inherit (unixtools) hexdump ps logger eject modprobe umount
+  inherit (unixtools) hexdump ps logger eject umount
                       mount wall hostname more sysctl;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix b/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
index 89f5e464d5aa..2d62d4e6c64c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ in rec {
   logger = singleBinary "logger" {
     linux = pkgs.utillinux;
   };
-  modprobe = singleBinary "modprobe" {
-    linux = pkgs.kmod;
-  };
   more = singleBinary "more" {
     linux = pkgs.utillinux;
     darwin = more_compat;