diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index 06027a946b20..8e38072b4c6d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let
       "systemd-udevd-kernel.socket"
       "systemd-udevd.service"
       "systemd-udev-settle.service"
-      ] ++ (optional (!config.boot.isContainer || config.virtualisation.lxc.nestedContainer) "systemd-udev-trigger.service") ++ [
+      ] ++ (optional (!config.boot.isContainer) "systemd-udev-trigger.service") ++ [
       # hwdb.bin is managed by NixOS
       # "systemd-hwdb-update.service"
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
index 7f01b4504331..9402d3bf37d0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ in {
 
   options = {
     virtualisation.lxc = {
-      nestedContainer = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc ''
-        Whether this container is configured as a nested container. On LXD containers this is recommended
-          for all containers and is enabled with `security.nesting = true`.
-      '');
-
-      privilegedContainer = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc ''
-        Whether this LXC container will be running as a privileged container or not. If set to `true` then
-        additional configuration will be applied to the `systemd` instance running within the container as
-        recommended by [distrobuilder](https://linuxcontainers.org/distrobuilder/introduction/).
-      '');
+      privilegedContainer = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Whether this LXC container will be running as a privileged container or not. If set to `true` then
+          additional configuration will be applied to the `systemd` instance running within the container as
+          recommended by [distrobuilder](https://linuxcontainers.org/distrobuilder/introduction/).
+        '';
+      };
     };
   };