diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/cri-o.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/cri-o.nix
index 7882b7fc19de..9bedb6be54a4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/cri-o.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/cri-o.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs;
-      [ cri-o cri-tools conmon cni-plugins iptables runc utillinux ];
+      [ cri-o cri-tools conmon iptables runc utillinux ];
     environment.etc."crictl.yaml".text = ''
       runtime-endpoint: unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock
     '';
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ in
         ${concatMapStringsSep ", " (x: "\"" + x + "\"") cfg.registries}
       ]
 
+      [crio.network]
+      plugin_dirs = ["${pkgs.cni-plugins}/bin/"]
+      network_dir = "/etc/cni/net.d/"
+
       [crio.runtime]
       conmon = "${pkgs.conmon}/bin/conmon"
       log_level = "${cfg.logLevel}"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
index 2ec45fa18a46..1486b96e41d1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ in
       pkgs.slirp4netns # User-mode networking for unprivileged namespaces
       pkgs.fuse-overlayfs # CoW for images, much faster than default vfs
       pkgs.utillinux # nsenter
-      pkgs.cni-plugins # Networking plugins
       pkgs.iptables
     ]
     ++ lib.optional cfg.dockerCompat dockerCompat;