diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix
index 9ddcef1c9c3734..1e682d20123eac 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   udev,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 buildDotnetModule (finalAttrs: {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ buildDotnetModule (finalAttrs: {
   versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/otd-daemon";
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = ./update.sh;
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
     tests = {
       otd-runs = nixosTests.opentabletdriver;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 61eac4b8b5da43..00000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell --pure -i bash -p bash nix nix-update git cacert
-set -euo pipefail
-
-prev_version=$(nix eval --raw -f. opentabletdriver.version)
-nix-update opentabletdriver
-[[ $(nix eval --raw -f. opentabletdriver.version) == "$prev_version" ]] ||
-  "$(nix-build . -A opentabletdriver.fetch-deps --no-out-link)"