diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index 9260bc22b13e..66241b6382bc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ in
     systemd.services.systemd-udev-settle.restartIfChanged = false; # Causes long delays in nixos-rebuild
     systemd.targets.local-fs.unitConfig.X-StopOnReconfiguration = true;
     systemd.targets.remote-fs.unitConfig.X-StopOnReconfiguration = true;
-    systemd.targets.network-online.wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     systemd.services.systemd-importd.environment = proxy_env;
     systemd.services.systemd-pstore.wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ]; # see #81138