diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
index 22f417e155a8..45d4f877ae5b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    storage.settings = mkOption {
-      type = toml.type;
-      default = {};
-      description = "storage.conf configuration";
-    };
-
     registries = {
       search = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
@@ -135,9 +129,6 @@ in
     environment.etc."containers/containers.conf".source =
       toml.generate "containers.conf" cfg.containersConf.settings;
 
-    environment.etc."containers/storage.conf".source =
-      toml.generate "storage.conf" cfg.storage.settings;
-
     environment.etc."containers/registries.conf".source = toml.generate "registries.conf" {
       registries = lib.mapAttrs (n: v: { registries = v; }) cfg.registries;
     };