diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/driver.py b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/driver.py
index de6abbb4679e..ad52f365737c 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/driver.py
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/driver.py
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ class Driver:
             start_command=cmd,
             name=name,
             keep_vm_state=args.get("keep_vm_state", False),
-            allow_reboot=args.get("allow_reboot", False),
         )
 
     def serial_stdout_on(self) -> None:
diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py
index aa8e1a83b8a0..4929f2048ecc 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ class Machine:
 
     start_command: StartCommand
     keep_vm_state: bool
-    allow_reboot: bool
 
     process: Optional[subprocess.Popen]
     pid: Optional[int]
@@ -336,13 +335,11 @@ class Machine:
         start_command: StartCommand,
         name: str = "machine",
         keep_vm_state: bool = False,
-        allow_reboot: bool = False,
         callbacks: Optional[List[Callable]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.out_dir = out_dir
         self.tmp_dir = tmp_dir
         self.keep_vm_state = keep_vm_state
-        self.allow_reboot = allow_reboot
         self.name = name
         self.start_command = start_command
         self.callbacks = callbacks if callbacks is not None else []
@@ -873,7 +870,7 @@ class Machine:
         self.process.stdin.write(chars.encode())
         self.process.stdin.flush()
 
-    def start(self) -> None:
+    def start(self, allow_reboot: bool = False) -> None:
         if self.booted:
             return
 
@@ -897,7 +894,7 @@ class Machine:
             self.shared_dir,
             self.monitor_path,
             self.shell_path,
-            self.allow_reboot,
+            allow_reboot,
         )
         self.monitor, _ = monitor_socket.accept()
         self.shell, _ = shell_socket.accept()
@@ -950,7 +947,7 @@ class Machine:
         """Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete in the guest.
 
         Prepares the machine to be reconnected which is useful if the
-        machine was started after setting `machine.allow_reboot = True`
+        machine was started with `allow_reboot = True`
         """
         self.send_key(f"ctrl-alt-delete")
         self.connected = False
diff --git a/nixos/tests/login.nix b/nixos/tests/login.nix
index 97d7c7b9b535..67f5764a0a16 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/login.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/login.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, latestKernel ? false, ... }:
     };
 
   testScript = ''
-      machine.allow_reboot = True
+      machine.start(allow_reboot = True)
 
       machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
       machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty1'")