diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
index 453dc0809956..f38e402ce929 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ let
     # Help digiKam find libusb, otherwise gphoto2 support is disabled
     cmakeFlags = [
       "-DLIBUSB_LIBRARIES=${libusb1.out}/lib"
-      "-DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0"
+      "-DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=${libusb1.dev}/include/libusb-1.0"
       "-DENABLE_BALOOSUPPORT=ON"
       "-DENABLE_KDEPIMLIBSSUPPORT=ON"
       "-DENABLE_LCMS2=ON" ] 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/uhd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/uhd/default.nix
index 786a7d8cdb51..9c0d81cf0043 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/uhd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/uhd/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  cmakeFlags = "-DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS=${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0";
+  cmakeFlags = "-DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS=${libusb1.dev}/include/libusb-1.0";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ python pythonPackages.pyramid_mako orc libusb1 boost ];
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/3.15.9.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/3.15.9.nix
index 1162cc4f00d2..5c989594b3bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/3.15.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/3.15.9.nix
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     find . -type f -exec sed -i \
       -e s,/etc/hp,$out/etc/hp, \
       -e s,/etc/sane.d,$out/etc/sane.d, \
-      -e s,/usr/include/libusb-1.0,${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0, \
+      -e s,/usr/include/libusb-1.0,${libusb1.dev}/include/libusb-1.0, \
       -e s,/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor,$out/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor, \
       -e s,/usr/lib/systemd/system,$out/lib/systemd/system, \
       -e s,/var/lib/hp,$out/var/lib/hp, \
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix
index d90bb66410c8..32997f98b217 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     find . -type f -exec sed -i \
       -e s,/etc/hp,$out/etc/hp, \
       -e s,/etc/sane.d,$out/etc/sane.d, \
-      -e s,/usr/include/libusb-1.0,${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0, \
+      -e s,/usr/include/libusb-1.0,${libusb1.dev}/include/libusb-1.0, \
       -e s,/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor,$out/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor, \
       -e s,/usr/lib/systemd/system,$out/lib/systemd/system, \
       -e s,/var/lib/hp,$out/var/lib/hp, \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 198f9c333249..de515da5dd7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26863,7 +26863,7 @@ in modules // {
 
     # Fix the USB backend library lookup
     postPatch = ''
-      libusb=${pkgs.libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0
+      libusb=${pkgs.libusb1.dev}/include/libusb-1.0
       test -d $libusb || { echo "ERROR: $libusb doesn't exist, please update/fix this build expression."; exit 1; }
       sed -i -e "s|/usr/include/libusb-1.0|$libusb|" setup.py
     '';