diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
index 347b4a2997104..41aa909532fd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
@@ -54,13 +54,7 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation {
     inherit rev sha256;
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "musl.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/commit/1f19826c9ac85835cbde61a7439d9d1fefe43a4a.patch";
-      sha256 = "XEaK227ubfOwlB2s851UvZ6xp/QOtYUWYsKTkEHzmo0=";
-    })
-  ] ++ extraPatches;
+  patches = extraPatches;
 
   postPatch = optionalString buildKernel ''
     patchShebangs scripts
@@ -82,31 +76,22 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation {
     substituteInPlace ./config/user-systemd.m4    --replace "/usr/lib/modules-load.d" "$out/etc/modules-load.d"
     substituteInPlace ./config/zfs-build.m4       --replace "\$sysconfdir/init.d"     "$out/etc/init.d" \
                                                   --replace "/etc/default"            "$out/etc/default"
-    substituteInPlace ./etc/zfs/Makefile.am       --replace "\$(sysconfdir)"          "$out/etc"
-
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/hooks/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks"
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools"
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/scripts/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts"
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/scripts/local-top/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top"
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/scripts/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts"
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/scripts/local-top/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top"
-    substituteInPlace ./etc/systemd/system/Makefile.am \
-      --replace '$(DESTDIR)$(systemdunitdir)' "$out"'$(DESTDIR)$(systemdunitdir)'
-
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/conf.d/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d"
-    substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/conf-hooks.d/Makefile.am \
-      --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d"
-
-    substituteInPlace ./cmd/vdev_id/vdev_id \
-      --replace "PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" \
-      "PATH=${makeBinPath [ coreutils gawk gnused gnugrep systemd ]}"
+    # TODO: drop when upgrading to 2.2.0
+    ${if isUnstable then ''
+      substituteInPlace ./contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am \
+        --replace "/usr/share/initramfs-tools" "$out/usr/share/initramfs-tools"
+      substituteInPlace ./udev/vdev_id \
+        --replace "PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" \
+         "PATH=${makeBinPath [ coreutils gawk gnused gnugrep systemd ]}"
+    '' else ''
+      substituteInPlace ./etc/zfs/Makefile.am --replace "\$(sysconfdir)/zfs" "$out/etc/zfs"
+
+      find ./contrib/initramfs -name Makefile.am -exec sed -i -e 's|/usr/share/initramfs-tools|'$out'/share/initramfs-tools|g' {} \;
+
+      substituteInPlace ./cmd/vdev_id/vdev_id \
+        --replace "PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" \
+        "PATH=${makeBinPath [ coreutils gawk gnused gnugrep systemd ]}"
+    ''}
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook269 nukeReferences ]
@@ -168,10 +153,12 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation {
     # Remove provided services as they are buggy
     rm $out/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-*.service
 
-    sed -i '/zfs-import-scan.service/d' $out/etc/systemd/system/*
-
     for i in $out/etc/systemd/system/*; do
-    substituteInPlace $i --replace "zfs-import-cache.service" "zfs-import.target"
+       if [ -L $i ]; then
+         continue
+       fi
+       sed -i '/zfs-import-scan.service/d' $i
+       substituteInPlace $i --replace "zfs-import-cache.service" "zfs-import.target"
     done
 
     # Remove tests because they add a runtime dependency on gcc
@@ -232,3 +219,4 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation {
     broken = buildKernel && (kernelCompatible != null) && !kernelCompatible;
   };
 }
+
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/stable.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/stable.nix
index 5680f93e21a0c..14cda12e6f323 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/stable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/stable.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , linuxKernel
 , removeLinuxDRM ? false
+, fetchpatch
 , ...
 } @ args:
 
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix args {
     then kernel.kernelOlder "6.4"
     else kernel.kernelOlder "6.2";
   latestCompatibleLinuxPackages = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_1;
+  extraPatches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "musl.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/commit/1f19826c9ac85835cbde61a7439d9d1fefe43a4a.patch";
+      sha256 = "XEaK227ubfOwlB2s851UvZ6xp/QOtYUWYsKTkEHzmo0=";
+    })
+  ];
 
   # this package should point to the latest release.
   version = "2.1.12";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/unstable.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/unstable.nix
index 1bb882de71251..592d94b0030ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/unstable.nix
@@ -16,17 +16,16 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix args {
     else kernel.kernelOlder "6.2";
 
   latestCompatibleLinuxPackages = if stdenv'.isx86_64 || removeLinuxDRM
-    then linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_4
-    else linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_1;
+  then linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_4
+  else linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_1;
 
   # this package should point to a version / git revision compatible with the latest kernel release
   # IMPORTANT: Always use a tagged release candidate or commits from the
   # zfs-<version>-staging branch, because this is tested by the OpenZFS
   # maintainers.
-  version = "2.1.13-unstable-2023-08-02";
-  rev = "245850b66c1e93ec19744ca55aae143d007d2c32";
+  version = "2.2.0-rc4";
 
-  sha256 = "TtgKV02W8OfU6hssULF/IoFXAPHBTvTKXn5hJ/RGAc0=";
+  sha256 = "sha256-zTG6iujlWB2H8j6i+t59zdyztoDFk373AjgHzC8x5mQ=";
 
   isUnstable = true;
 }