diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
index 48d12321248c..e039711e457b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,23 @@
 
 , ApplicationServices, CoreServices }:
 
-let
-  stable = "stable";
-  unstable = "unstable";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.9.0";
+  name = "libuv-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libuv";
+    repo = "libuv";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0sq8c8n7xixn2xxp35crprvh35ry18i5mcxgwh12lydwv9ks0d4k";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ApplicationServices CoreServices ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize ./autogen.sh
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O";
@@ -13,73 +27,4 @@ let
     platforms   = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
   };
 
-  mkName = stability: version:
-    if stability == stable
-    then "libuv-${version}"
-    else "libuv-${stability}-${version}";
-
-  mkSrc = version: sha256: fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libuv";
-    repo = "libuv";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    inherit sha256;
-  };
-
-  # for versions < 0.11.6
-  mkWithoutAutotools = stability: version: sha256: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = mkName stability version;
-    src = mkSrc version sha256;
-    buildPhase = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-      mkdir extrapath
-      ln -s /usr/sbin/dtrace extrapath/dtrace
-      export PATH=$PATH:`pwd`/extrapath
-    '' + ''
-      mkdir build
-      make builddir_name=build
-
-      rm -r build/src
-      rm build/libuv.a
-      cp -r include build
-
-      mkdir build/lib
-      mv build/libuv.* build/lib
-
-      pushd build/lib
-      lib=$(basename libuv.*)
-      ext="''${lib##*.}"
-      mv $lib libuv.10.$ext
-      ln -s libuv.10.$ext libuv.$ext
-      popd
-    '';
-    installPhase = ''
-      cp -r build $out
-    '';
-    inherit meta;
-  };
-
-  # for versions > 0.11.6
-  mkWithAutotools = stability: version: sha256: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = mkName stability version;
-    src = mkSrc version sha256;
-    buildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig ]
-      ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ApplicationServices CoreServices ];
-    preConfigure = ''
-      LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize ./autogen.sh
-    '';
-    inherit meta;
-  };
-
-  toVersion = with lib; name:
-    replaceChars ["_"] ["."] (removePrefix "v" name);
-
-in
-
-  with lib;
-
-  mapAttrs (v: h: mkWithAutotools unstable (toVersion v) h) {
-    v0_11_29 = "1z07phfwryfy2155p3lxcm2a33h20sfl96lds5dghn157x6csz7m";
-  }
-  //
-  mapAttrs (v: h: mkWithAutotools stable (toVersion v) h) {
-    v1_7_5 = "18x6cy2xn31am97vn6jli7kmb2fbp4c8kmv7jm97vggh0x55flsc";
-  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0851c5fb941c..cee180b89d8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8037,12 +8037,9 @@ in
     then darwin.libunwind
     else callPackage ../development/libraries/libunwind { };
 
-  libuvVersions = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/libraries/libuv {
-    automake = automake113x; # fails with 14
+  libuv = callPackage ../development/libraries/libuv {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices CoreServices;
-  });
-
-  libuv = self.libuvVersions.v1_7_5;
+  };
 
   libv4l = lowPrio (self.v4l_utils.override {
     alsaLib = null;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 304c4932d8e8..8c04c6feb785 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -22288,7 +22288,7 @@ in modules // {
 
     patches = [ ../development/python-modules/pyuv-external-libuv.patch ];
 
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.libuvVersions.v0_11_29 ];
+    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.libuv ];
 
     meta = {
       description = "Python interface for libuv";