diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
index f236a4c005ad..a7399bd55e77 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
@@ -2989,15 +2989,9 @@ let
 
       systemd.services.systemd-networkd = {
         wantedBy = [ "initrd.target" ];
-        # These before and conflicts lines can be removed when this PR makes it into a release:
-        # https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/27791
-        before = ["initrd-switch-root.target"];
-        conflicts = ["initrd-switch-root.target"];
       };
       systemd.sockets.systemd-networkd = {
         wantedBy = [ "initrd.target" ];
-        before = ["initrd-switch-root.target"];
-        conflicts = ["initrd-switch-root.target"];
       };
 
       systemd.services.systemd-network-generator.wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];