diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
index 52750cd472da..58f07b050b5c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ with lib;
       ];
 
     boot.swraid.enable = true;
+    # remove warning about unset mail
+    boot.swraid.mdadmConf = "PROGRAM ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/true";
 
     # Show all debug messages from the kernel but don't log refused packets
     # because we have the firewall enabled. This makes installs from the