diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
index bc2fc7f7b108..bac354b4724b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
@@ -253,9 +253,6 @@ done
 @setHostId@
 
 # Load the required kernel modules.
-mkdir -p /lib
-ln -s @modulesClosure@/lib/modules /lib/modules
-ln -s @modulesClosure@/lib/firmware /lib/firmware
 echo @extraUtils@/bin/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
 for i in @kernelModules@; do
     info "loading module $(basename $i)..."
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index a3551f68dbe8..f139902cdc85 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ let
       ${pkgs.buildPackages.busybox}/bin/ash -n $target
     '';
 
-    inherit linkUnits udevRules extraUtils modulesClosure;
+    inherit linkUnits udevRules extraUtils;
 
     inherit (config.boot) resumeDevice;
 
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ let
       [ { object = bootStage1;
           symlink = "/init";
         }
+        { object = "${modulesClosure}/lib";
+          symlink = "/lib";
+        }
         { object = pkgs.runCommand "initrd-kmod-blacklist-ubuntu" {
               src = "${pkgs.kmod-blacklist-ubuntu}/modprobe.conf";
               preferLocalBuild = true;