diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libuv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libuv/package.nix
index bcbf5472a7e2..c16084e0ac39 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libuv/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libuv/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   darwin,
   libtool,
   pkg-config,
-  pkgsStatic,
 
   # for passthru.tests
   bind,
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
   neovim,
   nodejs,
   ocamlPackages,
+  pkgsStatic,
   python3,
   testers,
 }:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libuv";
     repo = "libuv";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-Y9Nph2LkT1qnOYTW3WCumWWwORnI4P7HxzBjUlGaL7M=";
   };
 
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     in
     lib.optionalString (finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck) ''
       sed '/${tdRegexp}/d' -i test/test-list.h
-      # https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/4794
-      substituteInPlace Makefile.am --replace-fail -lutil "-lutil -lm"
     '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -162,6 +160,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   # This is part of the Darwin bootstrap, so we don’t always get
   # `libutil.dylib` automatically propagated through the SDK.
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
   };
 
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O";
     homepage = "https://libuv.org/";