diff --git a/src/plugins/libparted/libpartedbackend.cpp b/src/plugins/libparted/libpartedbackend.cpp
index 1bb4f7f..e70510e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/libparted/libpartedbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/libparted/libpartedbackend.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <blkid/blkid.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
-#include <QRegularExpressionMatch>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QStringList>
 
@@ -356,57 +355,53 @@ FileSystem::Type LibPartedBackend::detectFileSystem(const QString& partitionPath
 {
     FileSystem::Type rval = FileSystem::Unknown;
 
-    ExternalCommand cmd(QString::fromLatin1("udevadm"),
-                     { QString::fromLatin1("info"),
-                       QString::fromLatin1("--query"),
-                       QString::fromLatin1("property"),
-                       partitionPath } );
-    QRegularExpression re(QString::fromLatin1("(ID_FS_TYPE=)([\\w]+)"));
+    blkid_cache cache;
+    if (blkid_get_cache(&cache, nullptr) == 0) {
+        blkid_dev dev;
 
-    if (!cmd.run(-1) || !(cmd.exitCode() == 0))
-        return rval;
-    QRegularExpressionMatch reFileSystemType = re.match(cmd.output());
-    if (!reFileSystemType.hasMatch())
-        return rval;
+        if ((dev = blkid_get_dev(cache,
+                                 partitionPath.toLocal8Bit().constData(),
+                                 BLKID_DEV_NORMAL)) != nullptr) {
+            char *string = blkid_get_tag_value(cache, "TYPE", partitionPath.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+            QString s = QString::fromUtf8(string);
+            free(string);
 
-    QString s = reFileSystemType.captured(2);
+            if (s == QStringLiteral("ext2")) rval = FileSystem::Ext2;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("ext3")) rval = FileSystem::Ext3;
+            else if (s.startsWith(QStringLiteral("ext4"))) rval = FileSystem::Ext4;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("swap")) rval = FileSystem::LinuxSwap;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("ntfs")) rval = FileSystem::Ntfs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("reiserfs")) rval = FileSystem::ReiserFS;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("reiser4")) rval = FileSystem::Reiser4;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("xfs")) rval = FileSystem::Xfs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("jfs")) rval = FileSystem::Jfs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("hfs")) rval = FileSystem::Hfs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("hfsplus")) rval = FileSystem::HfsPlus;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("ufs")) rval = FileSystem::Ufs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("vfat")) {
+                // libblkid uses SEC_TYPE to distinguish between FAT16 and FAT32
+                string = blkid_get_tag_value(cache, "SEC_TYPE", partitionPath.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+                QString st = QString::fromUtf8(string);
+                free(string);
+                if (st == QStringLiteral("msdos"))
+                    rval = FileSystem::Fat16;
+                else
+                    rval = FileSystem::Fat32;
+            } else if (s == QStringLiteral("btrfs")) rval = FileSystem::Btrfs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("ocfs2")) rval = FileSystem::Ocfs2;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("zfs_member")) rval = FileSystem::Zfs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("hpfs")) rval = FileSystem::Hpfs;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("crypto_LUKS")) rval = FileSystem::Luks;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("exfat")) rval = FileSystem::Exfat;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("nilfs2")) rval = FileSystem::Nilfs2;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("LVM2_member")) rval = FileSystem::Lvm2_PV;
+            else if (s == QStringLiteral("f2fs")) rval = FileSystem::F2fs;
+            else
+                qWarning() << "blkid: unknown file system type " << s << " on " << partitionPath;
+        }
 
-    if (s == QString::fromLatin1("ext2")) rval = FileSystem::Ext2;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("ext3")) rval = FileSystem::Ext3;
-    else if (s.startsWith(QString::fromLatin1("ext4"))) rval = FileSystem::Ext4;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("swap")) rval = FileSystem::LinuxSwap;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("ntfs")) rval = FileSystem::Ntfs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("reiserfs")) rval = FileSystem::ReiserFS;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("reiser4")) rval = FileSystem::Reiser4;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("xfs")) rval = FileSystem::Xfs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("jfs")) rval = FileSystem::Jfs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("hfs")) rval = FileSystem::Hfs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("hfsplus")) rval = FileSystem::HfsPlus;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("ufs")) rval = FileSystem::Ufs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("vfat")) {
-    // udev uses ID_FS_VERSION to distinguish between FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
-        re.setPattern(QString::fromLatin1("(ID_FS_VERSION=)([\\w]+)"));
-        QRegularExpressionMatch reFileSystemType = re.match(cmd.output());
-        if (!reFileSystemType.hasMatch())
-            return rval;
-        QString fsVersion = reFileSystemType.captured(2);
-        if (fsVersion  == QString::fromLatin1("FAT16"))
-            rval = FileSystem::Fat16;
-        if (fsVersion  == QString::fromLatin1("FAT32"))
-            rval = FileSystem::Fat32;
-        else
-            rval = FileSystem::Fat16; // FIXME FAT12
-    } else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("btrfs")) rval = FileSystem::Btrfs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("ocfs2")) rval = FileSystem::Ocfs2;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("zfs_member")) rval = FileSystem::Zfs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("hpfs")) rval = FileSystem::Hpfs;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("crypto_LUKS")) rval = FileSystem::Luks;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("exfat")) rval = FileSystem::Exfat;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("nilfs2")) rval = FileSystem::Nilfs2;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("LVM2_member")) rval = FileSystem::Lvm2_PV;
-    else if (s == QString::fromLatin1("f2fs")) rval = FileSystem::F2fs;
-    else
-        qWarning() << "udev: unknown file system type " << s << " on " << partitionPath;
+        blkid_put_cache(cache);
+    }
 
     return rval;
 }