diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 29d2df8..c2d1bfc 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ static int setup_app(struct kmscon_app *app)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_app;
 
-	ret = uterm_video_new(&app->video, UTERM_VIDEO_DRM, app->eloop);
+	ret = uterm_video_new(&app->video,
+				app->eloop,
+				UTERM_VIDEO_DRM,
+				"/dev/dri/card0");
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_app;
 
diff --git a/src/uterm.h b/src/uterm.h
index 2e8bfaf..f113d0f 100644
--- a/src/uterm.h
+++ b/src/uterm.h
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ int uterm_display_get_dpms(const struct uterm_display *disp);
 /* video interface */
 
 int uterm_video_new(struct uterm_video **out,
-			int type,
-			struct ev_eloop *eloop);
+			struct ev_eloop *eloop,
+			unsigned int type,
+			const char *node);
 void uterm_video_ref(struct uterm_video *video);
 void uterm_video_unref(struct uterm_video *video);
 
diff --git a/src/uterm_internal.h b/src/uterm_internal.h
index affa158..77024b6 100644
--- a/src/uterm_internal.h
+++ b/src/uterm_internal.h
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ struct display_ops {
 };
 
 struct video_ops {
-	int (*init) (struct uterm_video *video, struct udev_device *dev);
+	int (*init) (struct uterm_video *video, const char *node);
 	void (*destroy) (struct uterm_video *video);
 	void (*segfault) (struct uterm_video *video);
 	int (*use) (struct uterm_video *video);
-	int (*poll) (struct uterm_video *video, int mask);
+	int (*poll) (struct uterm_video *video);
 	void (*sleep) (struct uterm_video *video);
 	int (*wake_up) (struct uterm_video *video);
 };
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ struct drm_display {
 };
 
 struct drm_video {
-	int id;
 	int fd;
 	struct ev_fd *efd;
 	struct gbm_device *gbm;
@@ -259,10 +258,6 @@ struct uterm_video {
 	unsigned int flags;
 	struct ev_eloop *eloop;
 
-	struct udev *udev;
-	struct udev_monitor *umon;
-	struct ev_fd *umon_fd;
-
 	struct uterm_display *displays;
 	struct kmscon_hook *hook;
 
diff --git a/src/uterm_video.c b/src/uterm_video.c
index 7c8ac0a..3240d7a 100644
--- a/src/uterm_video.c
+++ b/src/uterm_video.c
@@ -351,48 +351,15 @@ int uterm_display_get_dpms(const struct uterm_display *disp)
 	return disp->dpms;
 }
 
-static void video_poll(struct ev_fd *fd, int mask, void *data)
-{
-	struct uterm_video *video = data;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = VIDEO_CALL(video->ops->poll, 0, video, mask);
-	if (ret) {
-		ev_eloop_rm_fd(video->umon_fd);
-		video->umon_fd = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-static volatile int video_protect = 0;
-
 int uterm_video_new(struct uterm_video **out,
-			int type,
-			struct ev_eloop *eloop)
+			struct ev_eloop *eloop,
+			unsigned int type,
+			const char *node)
 {
 	struct uterm_video *video;
-	int ret, ufd;
+	int ret;
 	const struct video_ops *ops;
 
-	/*
-	 * We allow only one global video object. The reason behind this is that
-	 * the OpenGL API has thread-awareness and we want to hide this behind
-	 * our API. Otherwise, the caller would need to manage GL-contexts
-	 * himself and this makes the API complex. Furthermore, there is really
-	 * no reason why someone wants two video objects in the same process.
-	 * That would mean that you want to control two graphic-cards in one
-	 * process and we have never heard of a situation where this was needed.
-	 * If you think you need two video objects, feel free to contact us and
-	 * we might add a proper GL-context management API.
-	 * But for now we protect this by a GCC-atomic. *_unref() decrements the
-	 * counter again.
-	 */
-	ret = __sync_fetch_and_add(&video_protect, 1);
-	if (ret) {
-		__sync_fetch_and_sub(&video_protect, 1);
-		log_err("cannot create multiple instances");
-		return -ENOTSUP;
-	}
-
 	if (!out || !eloop)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -400,14 +367,14 @@ int uterm_video_new(struct uterm_video **out,
 	case UTERM_VIDEO_DRM:
 		if (!drm_available) {
 			log_err("DRM backend is not available");
-			return -ENOTSUP;
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
 		ops = &drm_video_ops;
 		break;
 	case UTERM_VIDEO_FBDEV:
 		if (!fbdev_available) {
 			log_err("FBDEV backend is not available");
-			return -ENOTSUP;
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
 		ops = &fbdev_video_ops;
 		break;
@@ -428,47 +395,15 @@ int uterm_video_new(struct uterm_video **out,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_free;
 
-	video->udev = udev_new();
-	if (!video->udev) {
-		log_err("cannot create udev object");
-		ret = -EFAULT;
+	ret = VIDEO_CALL(video->ops->init, 0, video, node);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err_hook;
-	}
-
-	video->umon = udev_monitor_new_from_netlink(video->udev, "udev");
-	if (!video->umon) {
-		log_err("cannot create udev monitor");
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto err_udev;
-	}
-
-	ufd = udev_monitor_get_fd(video->umon);
-	if (ufd < 0) {
-		log_err("cannot get udev-monitor fd");
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto err_umon;
-	}
-
-	ret = ev_eloop_new_fd(video->eloop, &video->umon_fd, ufd,
-				EV_READABLE, video_poll, video);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_umon;
-
-	ret = VIDEO_CALL(video->ops->init, 0, video, NULL);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_umon_add;
 
 	ev_eloop_ref(video->eloop);
 	log_info("new device %p", video);
 	*out = video;
 	return 0;
 
-err_umon_add:
-	ev_eloop_rm_fd(video->umon_fd);
-err_umon:
-	udev_monitor_unref(video->umon);
-err_udev:
-	udev_unref(video->udev);
 err_hook:
 	kmscon_hook_free(video->hook);
 err_free:
@@ -501,13 +436,9 @@ void uterm_video_unref(struct uterm_video *video)
 		uterm_display_unref(disp);
 	}
 
-	ev_eloop_rm_fd(video->umon_fd);
-	udev_monitor_unref(video->umon);
-	udev_unref(video->udev);
 	kmscon_hook_free(video->hook);
 	ev_eloop_unref(video->eloop);
 	free(video);
-	__sync_fetch_and_sub(&video_protect, 1);
 }
 
 void uterm_video_segfault(struct uterm_video *video)
@@ -574,3 +505,11 @@ bool uterm_video_is_awake(struct uterm_video *video)
 {
 	return video && video_is_awake(video);
 }
+
+void uterm_video_poll(struct uterm_video *video)
+{
+	if (!video)
+		return;
+
+	VIDEO_CALL(video->ops->poll, 0, video);
+}
diff --git a/src/uterm_video_drm.c b/src/uterm_video_drm.c
index 39fc4cc..e4d8b3e 100644
--- a/src/uterm_video_drm.c
+++ b/src/uterm_video_drm.c
@@ -517,25 +517,6 @@ static void unbind_display(struct uterm_display *disp)
 	uterm_display_unref(disp);
 }
 
-static int get_id(struct udev_device *dev)
-{
-	const char *name;
-	char *end;
-	int devnum;
-
-	name = udev_device_get_sysname(dev);
-	if (!name)
-		return -ENODEV;
-	if (strncmp(name, "card", 4) || !name[4])
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	devnum = strtol(&name[4], &end, 10);
-	if (devnum < 0 || *end)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	return devnum;
-}
-
 static void page_flip_handler(int fd, unsigned int frame, unsigned int sec,
 						unsigned int usec, void *data)
 {
@@ -565,9 +546,9 @@ static void event(struct ev_fd *fd, int mask, void *data)
 	}
 }
 
-static int init_device(struct uterm_video *video, struct udev_device *dev)
+static int video_init(struct uterm_video *video, const char *node)
 {
-	const char *node, *ext;
+	const char *ext;
 	int ret;
 	EGLint major, minor;
 	EGLenum api;
@@ -575,17 +556,7 @@ static int init_device(struct uterm_video *video, struct udev_device *dev)
 		{ EGL_CONTEXT_CLIENT_VERSION, 2, EGL_NONE };
 	struct drm_video *drm = &video->drm;
 
-	log_info("probing %s", udev_device_get_sysname(dev));
-
-	node = udev_device_get_devnode(dev);
-	if (!node)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	drm->id = get_id(dev);
-	if (drm->id < 0) {
-		log_err("cannot get device id");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+	log_info("probing %s", node);
 
 	drm->fd = open(node, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (drm->fd < 0) {
@@ -659,93 +630,6 @@ err_close:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int video_init(struct uterm_video *video, struct udev_device *dev_ign)
-{
-	struct udev_enumerate *e;
-	struct udev_list_entry *name;
-	const char *path, *seat;
-	struct udev_device *dev;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = udev_monitor_filter_add_match_subsystem_devtype(video->umon,
-							"drm", "drm_minor");
-	if (ret) {
-		log_err("cannot add udev filter (%d): %m", ret);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	ret = udev_monitor_enable_receiving(video->umon);
-	if (ret) {
-		log_err("cannot start udev_monitor (%d): %m", ret);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	e = udev_enumerate_new(video->udev);
-	if (!e) {
-		log_err("cannot create udev_enumerate object");
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	ret = udev_enumerate_add_match_subsystem(e, "drm");
-	if (ret) {
-		log_err("cannot add udev match (%d): %m", ret);
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto err_enum;
-	}
-	ret = udev_enumerate_add_match_sysname(e, "card[0-9]*");
-	if (ret) {
-		log_err("cannot add udev match (%d): %m", ret);
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto err_enum;
-	}
-	if (strcmp(conf_global.seat, "seat0")) {
-		ret = udev_enumerate_add_match_tag(e, conf_global.seat);
-		if (ret) {
-			log_err("cannot add udev match (%d): %m", ret);
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			goto err_enum;
-		}
-	}
-	ret = udev_enumerate_scan_devices(e);
-	if (ret) {
-		log_err("cannot scan udev devices (%d): %m", ret);
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto err_enum;
-	}
-
-	udev_list_entry_foreach(name, udev_enumerate_get_list_entry(e)) {
-		path = udev_list_entry_get_name(name);
-		if (!path || !*path)
-			continue;
-		dev = udev_device_new_from_syspath(video->udev, path);
-		if (!dev)
-			continue;
-		seat = udev_device_get_property_value(dev, "ID_SEAT");
-		if (!seat)
-			seat = "seat0";
-		if (strcmp(conf_global.seat, seat)) {
-			log_debug("ignoring %s (wrong seat)", path);
-			udev_device_unref(dev);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		ret = init_device(video, dev);
-		udev_device_unref(dev);
-		if (!ret)
-			goto done;
-	}
-
-	ret = -ENODEV;
-	log_err("no drm device found");
-	goto err_enum;
-
-done:
-	ret = 0;
-err_enum:
-	udev_enumerate_unref(e);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void video_destroy(struct uterm_video *video)
 {
 	struct drm_video *drm = &video->drm;
@@ -847,53 +731,9 @@ static int hotplug(struct uterm_video *video)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int monitor(struct uterm_video *video)
+static int video_poll(struct uterm_video *video)
 {
-	struct udev_device *dev;
-	const char *action, *val;
-	int id;
-
-	dev = udev_monitor_receive_device(video->umon);
-	if (!dev) {
-		log_warn("cannot receive device from udev_monitor");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	action = udev_device_get_action(dev);
-	if (!action)
-		goto ignore;
-	if (strcmp(action, "change"))
-		goto ignore;
-
-	val = udev_device_get_property_value(dev, "HOTPLUG");
-	if (strcmp(val, "1"))
-		goto ignore;
-
-	id = get_id(dev);
-	if (id != video->drm.id)
-		goto ignore;
-
 	video->flags |= VIDEO_HOTPLUG;
-ignore:
-	udev_device_unref(dev);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int video_poll(struct uterm_video *video, int mask)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (mask & (EV_HUP | EV_ERR)) {
-		log_err("udev_monitor closed unexpectedly");
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	if (mask & EV_READABLE) {
-		ret = monitor(video);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	return hotplug(video);
 }