diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix
index 0a62af95f8f1..b3b1d265c19e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ let
     PAPERLESS_MEDIA_ROOT = cfg.mediaDir;
     PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR = cfg.consumptionDir;
     GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS = "--bind=${cfg.address}:${toString cfg.port}";
-  } // (
-    lib.mapAttrs (_: toString) cfg.extraConfig
-  ) // optionalAttrs (config.time.timeZone != null) {
-    PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE = lib.mkDefault config.time.timeZone;
+  } // optionalAttrs (config.time.timeZone != null) {
+    PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE = config.time.timeZone;
   } // optionalAttrs enableRedis {
     PAPERLESS_REDIS = "unix://${redisServer.unixSocket}";
-  };
+  } // (
+    lib.mapAttrs (_: toString) cfg.extraConfig
+  );
 
   manage = let
     setupEnv = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (name: val: "export ${name}=\"${val}\"") env);