diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
index 1d6a9457dde..6357baf29e0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ in {
 
     systemd.services.libvirtd = {
       requires = [ "libvirtd-config.service" ];
-      after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" "libvirtd-config.service" ]
+      after = [ "libvirtd-config.service" ]
               ++ optional vswitch.enable "ovs-vswitchd.service";
 
       environment.LIBVIRTD_ARGS = escapeShellArgs (