diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
index 3049c4f2bce9..d409f0602289 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ in
     systemd.services.bird2 = {
       description = "BIRD Internet Routing Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      reloadIfChanged = true;
-      restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."bird/bird2.conf".source ];
+      reloadTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."bird/bird2.conf".source ];
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "forking";
         Restart = "on-failure";