diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/hugin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/hugin/default.nix
index e7c3d7f8972dd..3ef74acca7d66 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/hugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/hugin/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 , fftw
 , flann
 , gettext
-, glew-egl
+, glew
 , ilmbase
 , lcms2
 , lensfun
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fftw
     flann
     gettext
-    glew-egl
+    glew
     ilmbase
     lcms2
     lensfun
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
index 3385637d297a3..faca4bd15c151 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, cmake, libGLU, libXmu, libXi, libXext
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, cmake
+, libGLU
+, libXmu
+, libXi
+, libXext
 , OpenGL
-, enableEGL ? false
+, enableEGL ? (!stdenv.isDarwin)
 , testers
 }:
 
@@ -19,7 +27,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # https://github.com/nigels-com/glew/pull/342
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://github.com/nigels-com/glew/commit/966e53fa153175864e151ec8a8e11f688c3e752d.diff";
-      sha256 = "sha256-xsSwdAbdWZA4KVoQhaLlkYvO711i3QlHGtv6v1Omkhw=";
+      hash = "sha256-xsSwdAbdWZA4KVoQhaLlkYvO711i3QlHGtv6v1Omkhw=";
+    })
+
+    # don't make EGL support disable GLX, use the same patch as ArchLinux
+    # https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/glew/-/blob/ca08ff5d4cd3548a593eb1118d0a84b0c3670349/egl+glx.patch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/glew/-/raw/ca08ff5d4cd3548a593eb1118d0a84b0c3670349/egl+glx.patch?inline=false";
+      hash = "sha256-IG3FPhhaor1kshEH3Kr8yzIHqBhczRwCqH7ZeDwlzGE=";
     })
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix b/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix
index d4c67fbd7c623..7e739b2a8c0f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 , alsa-lib
 , alsa-plugins
 , glew
-, glew-egl
 
 # for soloud
 , libpulseaudio ? null
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ let
 
   jdk = jdk17;
 
-  selectedGlew = if enableWayland then glew-egl else glew;
-
   Mindustry = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Anuken";
     repo = "Mindustry";
@@ -146,8 +143,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals enableClient [
     SDL2
-    selectedGlew
     alsa-lib
+    glew
   ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
@@ -171,7 +168,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pushd ../Arc
     gradle jnigenBuild
     gradle jnigenJarNativesDesktop
-    glewlib=${lib.getLib selectedGlew}/lib/libGLEW.so
+    glewlib=${lib.getLib glew}/lib/libGLEW.so
     sdllib=${lib.getLib SDL2}/lib/libSDL2.so
     patchelf backends/backend-sdl/libs/linux64/libsdl-arc*.so \
       --add-needed $glewlib \
@@ -203,7 +200,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       # This can cause issues.
       # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/109798.
       echo "# Retained runtime dependencies: " >> $out/bin/mindustry
-      for dep in ${SDL2.out} ${alsa-lib.out} ${selectedGlew.out}; do
+      for dep in ${SDL2.out} ${alsa-lib.out} ${glew.out}; do
         echo "# $dep" >> $out/bin/mindustry
       done
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/wayland/mpvpaper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/wayland/mpvpaper/default.nix
index c2aaca4b35864..3ae57ffdaafd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/wayland/mpvpaper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/wayland/mpvpaper/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , wayland-protocols
 , wayland-scanner
 , egl-wayland
-, glew-egl
+, glew
 , mpv
 , pkg-config
 , fetchFromGitHub
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
     egl-wayland
-    glew-egl
+    glew
     mpv
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 60aa4c9a1c5bc..7bda195b1fb7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   }; # Added 2021-01-14
 
   gitter = throw "gitter has been removed since the client has been abandoned by upstream with the backend migration to Matrix"; # Added 2023-09-18
+  glew-egl = lib.warn "'glew-egl' is now provided by 'glew' directly" glew; # Added 2024-08-11
   glide = throw "'glide' has been removed as it is unmaintained, please use Go modules instead"; # Added 2023-12-26
   glfw-wayland = glfw; # Added 2024-04-19
   gmailieer = lieer; # Added 2020-04-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ca8ad8b3f6308..f2bca0fc55074 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2684,7 +2684,6 @@ with pkgs;
   ppsspp-sdl = let
     argset = {
       ffmpeg = ffmpeg_4;
-      glew = glew.override { enableEGL = argset.forceWayland; };
       enableQt = false;
       enableVulkan = true;
       forceWayland = false;
@@ -2695,7 +2694,6 @@ with pkgs;
   ppsspp-sdl-wayland = let
     argset = {
       ffmpeg = ffmpeg_4;
-      glew = glew.override { enableEGL = argset.forceWayland; };
       enableQt = false;
       enableVulkan = false; # https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/13845
       forceWayland = true;
@@ -2706,7 +2704,6 @@ with pkgs;
   ppsspp-qt = let
     argset = {
       ffmpeg = ffmpeg_4;
-      glew = glew.override { enableEGL = argset.forceWayland; };
       enableQt = true;
       enableVulkan = false; # https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/11628
       forceWayland = false;
@@ -20401,11 +20398,6 @@ with pkgs;
   glew110 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AGL OpenGL;
   };
-  glew-egl = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenGL;
-    enableEGL = true;
-  };
-
   glfw = glfw3;
   glfw-wayland-minecraft = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/3.x-wayland-minecraft.nix {};
   glfw2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/2.x.nix { };
@@ -33642,8 +33634,6 @@ with pkgs;
   bambu-studio = callPackage ../applications/misc/bambu-studio {
     inherit (gst_all_1) gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-good;
 
-    glew = glew-egl;
-
     wxGTK31 = wxGTK31.override {
       withCurl = true;
       withPrivateFonts = true;