diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/rasdaemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/rasdaemon.nix
index b1efe0f18c88..2d4c6d2ce959 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/rasdaemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/rasdaemon.nix
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ in
         description = "the RAS logging daemon";
         documentation = [ "man:rasdaemon(1)" ];
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-        after = [ "syslog.target" ];
 
         serviceConfig = {
           StateDirectory = optionalString (cfg.record) "rasdaemon";