diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
index 7be90e590085d..fa583799365ed 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - `screen`'s module has been cleaned, and will now require you to set `programs.screen.enable` in order to populate `screenrc` and add the program to the environment.
 
-- `linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs` is now fully deprecated by `linuxPackages_testing`, and is therefore no longer available.
+- `linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs` is now fully deprecated by `linuxPackages_latest`, and is therefore no longer available.
 
 - NixOS now installs a stub ELF loader that prints an informative error message when users attempt to run binaries not made for NixOS.
    - This can be disabled through the `environment.stub-ld.enable` option.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
index 086e5d65da2f2..59cf1a47fb7f9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
@@ -86,9 +86,14 @@ touch /etc/initrd-release
 # Function for waiting for device(s) to appear.
 waitDevice() {
     local device="$1"
-    # Split device string using ':' as a delimiter as bcachefs
-    # uses this for multi-device filesystems, i.e. /dev/sda1:/dev/sda2:/dev/sda3
-    local IFS=':'
+    # Split device string using ':' as a delimiter, bcachefs uses
+    # this for multi-device filesystems, i.e. /dev/sda1:/dev/sda2:/dev/sda3
+    local IFS
+
+    # bcachefs is the only known use for this at the moment
+    # Preferably, the 'UUID=' syntax should be enforced, but
+    # this is kept for compatibility reasons
+    if [ "$fsType" = bcachefs ]; then IFS=':'; fi
 
     # USB storage devices tend to appear with some delay.  It would be
     # great if we had a way to synchronously wait for them, but
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix
index fdb149a3d9a17..3b990ce30b21e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/bcachefs.nix
@@ -123,9 +123,14 @@ in
       inherit assertions;
       # needed for systemd-remount-fs
       system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.bcachefs-tools ];
-      # FIXME: Remove this line when the default kernel has bcachefs
+      # FIXME: Remove this line when the LTS (default) kernel is at least version 6.7
       boot.kernelPackages = lib.mkDefault pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
-      systemd.services = lib.mapAttrs' (mkUnits "") (lib.filterAttrs (n: fs: (fs.fsType == "bcachefs") && (!utils.fsNeededForBoot fs)) config.fileSystems);
+      services.udev.packages = [ pkgs.bcachefs-tools ];
+
+      systemd = {
+        packages = [ pkgs.bcachefs-tools ];
+        services = lib.mapAttrs' (mkUnits "") (lib.filterAttrs (n: fs: (fs.fsType == "bcachefs") && (!utils.fsNeededForBoot fs)) config.fileSystems);
+      };
     }
 
     (lib.mkIf ((lib.elem "bcachefs" config.boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems) || (bootFs != {})) {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix
index 17b438ac46b88..f45e4b51953f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 , rustPlatform
 , makeWrapper
 , writeScript
+, python3
 , fuseSupport ? false
 }:
 
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "bcachefs-tools";
   version = "1.4.1";
 
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "koverstreet";
     repo = "bcachefs-tools";
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     udev
   ] ++ lib.optional fuseSupport fuse3;
 
+  # FIXME: Try enabling this once the default linux kernel is at least 6.7
   doCheck = false; # needs bcachefs module loaded on builder
   checkFlags = [ "BCACHEFS_TEST_USE_VALGRIND=no" ];
 
   makeFlags = [
-    "DESTDIR=${placeholder "out"}"
-    "PREFIX="
+    "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
     "VERSION=${finalAttrs.version}"
     "INITRAMFS_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/etc/initramfs-tools"
   ];
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     rm tests/test_fuse.py
   '';
 
+  # Tries to install to the 'systemd-minimal' and 'udev' nix installation paths
+  installFlags = [
+    "PKGCONFIG_SERVICEDIR=$(out)/lib/systemd/system"
+    "PKGCONFIG_UDEVDIR=$(out)/lib/udev"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/libexec/bcachefsck_all \
+      --replace "/usr/bin/python3" "${python3}/bin/python3"
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     tests = {
       smoke-test = nixosTests.bcachefs;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 98c3c66e780f8..8eb19333d3020 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -607,9 +607,9 @@ mapAliases ({
   '';
   linux_latest_hardened = linuxPackages_latest_hardened;
 
-  # Added 2023-11-18
-  linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linuxPackages_testing', or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support";
-  linux_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linux_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linux_testing', or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support";
+  # Added 2023-11-18, modified 2024-01-09
+  linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linuxPackages_latest', any kernel version at least 6.7, or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support";
+  linux_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linux_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linux_latest', any kernel version at least 6.7, or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support";
 
   lld_6 = throw "lld_6 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-01-08
   lld_7 = throw "lld_7 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2023-11-19