diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
index 641945a5685a..53cab49f1a63 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
 , fetchpatch
 , fetchurl
 , pkg-config
-, util-linux
 , coreutils
 , libuuid
 , libaio
 , substituteAll
 , enableCmdlib ? false
 , enableDmeventd ? false
-, udevSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic, udev ? null
+, udevSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic, udev
 , onlyLib ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
-, enableVDO ? false, vdo ? null
-, enableMdadm ? false, mdadm ? null
-, enableMultipath ? false, multipath-tools ? null
+  # Otherwise we have a infinity recursion during static compilation
+, enableUtilLinux ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic, util-linux
+, enableVDO ? false, vdo
+, enableMdadm ? false, mdadm
+, enableMultipath ? false, multipath-tools
 , nixosTests
 }:
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     in {
       src = ./fix-blkdeactivate.patch;
       inherit coreutils;
-      util_linux = util-linux;
+      util_linux = optionalTool enableUtilLinux util-linux;
       mdadm = optionalTool enableMdadm mdadm;
       multipath_tools = optionalTool enableMultipath multipath-tools;
       vdo = optionalTool enableVDO vdo;