diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends/default.nix
index 8c45f3a62ff3..02f5025a563f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends/default.nix
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     '';
 
   in ''
-    mkdir -p $out/etc/udev/rules.d/
-    ./tools/sane-desc -m udev+hwdb -s doc/descriptions:doc/descriptions-external > $out/etc/udev/rules.d/49-libsane.rules || \
-    cp tools/udev/libsane.rules $out/etc/udev/rules.d/49-libsane.rules
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/udev/rules.d/ $out/etc/udev/hwdb.d
+    ./tools/sane-desc -m udev+hwdb -s doc/descriptions:doc/descriptions-external > $out/etc/udev/rules.d/49-libsane.rules
+    ./tools/sane-desc -m udev+hwdb -s doc/descriptions -m hwdb > $out/etc/udev/hwdb.d/20-sane.hwdb
     # the created 49-libsane references /bin/sh
     substituteInPlace $out/etc/udev/rules.d/49-libsane.rules \
       --replace "RUN+=\"/bin/sh" "RUN+=\"${runtimeShell}"