diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/default.nix b/nixos/lib/test-driver/default.nix
index 26652db6016e61..a47825c73b33b1 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , netpbm
 , qemu_test
 , socat
-, ruff
 , tesseract4
 , vde2
 , extraPythonPackages ? (_ : [])
diff --git a/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix b/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix
index cc4c2211e3d303..40197e7aff0dca 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 , runCommand
 , python3
 , black
-, ruff
 , mypy
 , systemd
 , fakeroot
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ let
   amendRepartDefinitions = runCommand "amend-repart-definitions.py"
     {
       # TODO: ruff does not splice properly in nativeBuildInputs
-      depsBuildBuild = [ ruff ];
+      depsBuildBuild = [ python3.pkgs.ruff ];
       nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 black mypy ];
     } ''
     install ${./amend-repart-definitions.py} $out
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py
index cb2683120b14d8..cf2688e408c6ec 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/update-providers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ jinja2 mashumaro orjson aiofiles packaging ])" -p pyright ruff isort
+#!nix-shell -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ jinja2 mashumaro orjson aiofiles packaging ruff ])" -p pyright isort
 import asyncio
 import json
 import os.path
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix
index 07fdcdde271a74..2def39a080ff85 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbqa/package.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
   python3,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 
-  # optional-dependencies
-  ruff,
-
   # tests
   versionCheckHook,
 }:
@@ -27,8 +24,9 @@ let
       setuptools
     ];
 
-    optional-dependencies.toolchain =
-      (with python3.pkgs; [
+    optional-dependencies.toolchain = (
+      with python3.pkgs;
+      [
         black
         blacken-docs
         flake8
@@ -37,10 +35,9 @@ let
         mypy
         pylint
         pyupgrade
-      ])
-      ++ [
         ruff
-      ];
+      ]
+    );
 
     dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [
       autopep8
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix
index a4445a6a567049..f412a1d24587d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
-  ruff,
   testers,
   openapi-python-client,
 }:
@@ -35,8 +34,9 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hatchling
   ];
 
-  dependencies =
-    (with python3Packages; [
+  dependencies = (
+    with python3Packages;
+    [
       attrs
       httpx
       jinja2
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       shellingham
       typer
       typing-extensions
-    ])
-    ++ [ ruff ];
+      ruff
+    ]
+  );
 
   # ruff is not packaged as a python module in nixpkgs
   pythonRemoveDeps = [ "ruff" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ru/ruff-lsp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ru/ruff-lsp/package.nix
index b2a3a9285a72d5..8b31700fed0e6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ru/ruff-lsp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ru/ruff-lsp/package.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
   python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 
-  # nativeCheckInputs
-  ruff,
-
   # tests
   versionCheckHook,
 
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   makeWrapperArgs = [
     # prefer ruff from user's PATH, that's usually desired behavior
-    "--suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ruff ]}"
+    "--suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ python3Packages.ruff ]}"
 
     # Unset ambient PYTHONPATH in the wrapper, so ruff-lsp only ever runs with
     # its own, isolated set of dependencies. This works because the correct
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update-component-packages.py b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update-component-packages.py
index 1c68331d1c1c32..65215196a25d45 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update-component-packages.py
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update-component-packages.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ packaging rich ])" -p pyright ruff isort
+#! nix-shell -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ packaging rich ruff ])" -p pyright isort
 #
 # This script downloads Home Assistant's source tarball.
 # Inside the homeassistant/components directory, each integration has an associated manifest.json,
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update.py b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update.py
index 70eb77ce9a1cd9..aee1affa87de7d 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/update.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ aiohttp packaging ])" -p git nurl pyright ruff isort
+#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ aiohttp packaging ruff ])" -p git nurl pyright isort
 
 import asyncio
 import json