diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
index 4101ef82f3e1b..48c3b41bc0911 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ in
               # a collision with an apparently unrelated environment
               # variable with the same name exported by dhcpcd.
               interface_order='lo lo[0-9]*'
-            '' + optionalString config.services.nscd.enable ''
-              # Invalidate the nscd cache whenever resolv.conf is
-              # regenerated.
-              libc_restart='${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl try-restart --no-block nscd.service 2> /dev/null'
             '' + optionalString (length resolvconfOptions > 0) ''
               # Options as described in resolv.conf(5)
               resolv_conf_options='${concatStringsSep " " resolvconfOptions}'