diff --git a/cmake/FindHIDAPI.cmake b/cmake/FindHIDAPI.cmake
index f56bab482..f4958cf43 100644
--- a/cmake/FindHIDAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindHIDAPI.cmake
@@ -41,13 +41,17 @@ if(HIDAPI_FOUND)
   set(HIDAPI_LIBRARIES "${HIDAPI_LIBRARY}")
   if((STATIC AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE) OR (DEPENDS AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux") OR ANDROID)
     find_library(LIBUSB-1.0_LIBRARY usb-1.0)
-    find_library(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY udev)
     if(LIBUSB-1.0_LIBRARY)
       set(HIDAPI_LIBRARIES "${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES};${LIBUSB-1.0_LIBRARY}")
-      if(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY)
-        set(HIDAPI_LIBRARIES "${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES};${LIBUDEV_LIBRARY}")
-      elseif(NOT ANDROID)
-        message(WARNING "libudev library not found, binaries may fail to link.")
+
+      # Hidapi is built without the udev backend in depends
+      if (NOT DEPENDS)
+        find_library(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY udev)
+        if(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY)
+          set(HIDAPI_LIBRARIES "${HIDAPI_LIBRARIES};${LIBUDEV_LIBRARY}")
+        elseif(NOT ANDROID)
+          message(WARNING "libudev library not found, binaries may fail to link.")
+        endif()
       endif()
     else()
       message(WARNING "libusb-1.0 library not found, binaries may fail to link.")
diff --git a/cmake/FindLibUSB.cmake b/cmake/FindLibUSB.cmake
index 647f3c656..3b698565f 100644
--- a/cmake/FindLibUSB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLibUSB.cmake
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if ( LibUSB_FOUND )
     list(APPEND TEST_COMPILE_EXTRA_LIBRARIES ${LibUSB_LIBRARIES})
     set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${TEST_COMPILE_EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
 
-    if((STATIC AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT FREEBSD) OR (DEPENDS AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux") OR ANDROID)
+    if((STATIC AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT FREEBSD AND NOT DEPENDS) OR ANDROID)
         find_library(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY udev)
         if(LIBUDEV_LIBRARY)
             set(LibUSB_LIBRARIES "${LibUSB_LIBRARIES};${LIBUDEV_LIBRARY}")
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cf34faab..000000000
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package=eudev
-$(package)_version=3.2.14
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/eudev-project/eudev/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
-$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=8da4319102f24abbf7fff5ce9c416af848df163b29590e666d334cc1927f006f
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--disable-gudev --disable-introspection --disable-hwdb --disable-manpages --disable-shared
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf) AR_FLAGS=$($(package)_arflags)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmd
-  $(MAKE)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm lib/*.la
-endef
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk
index 164456ed9..9d004b2b6 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/hidapi.mk
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ $(package)_version=0.14.0
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/archive/refs/tags
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=a5714234abe6e1f53647dd8cba7d69f65f71c558b7896ed218864ffcf405bcbd
-$(package)_linux_dependencies=libusb eudev
+$(package)_linux_dependencies=libusb
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts+=-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+  $(package)_config_opts+=-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DHIDAPI_WITH_HIDRAW=OFF
 endef
 
 # Remove blobs
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
index e2d3d496e..55b0e5699 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ packages += ncurses readline
 endif
 
 linux_native_packages :=
-linux_packages := eudev
+linux_packages :=
 
 freebsd_native_packages := freebsd_base
 freebsd_packages :=
diff --git a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
index 137f39fec..71a922e2c 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
+++ b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ chain for " target " development."))
         autoconf-2.71 ; defaults to 2.69, which does not recognize the aarch64-apple-darwin target
         automake
         pkg-config
-        gperf         ; required to build eudev in depends
         cmake-minimal
 
         ;; Scripting