diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix
index 2b5157afb6b9..8fa721a5f233 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ let
       options = {
         name = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.str;
+          default = name;
           example = "laptop-internal";
           description = "Keyboard name.";
         };
@@ -71,10 +72,6 @@ let
           description = "Keyboard configuration.";
         };
       };
-
-      config = {
-        name = lib.mkDefault name;
-      };
     };
 
   # Create a complete KMonad configuration file: