diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/osquery.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/osquery.nix
index 98524d0c700c..4f6c2557a641 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/osquery.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/osquery.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
   osqueryi = pkgs.runCommand "osqueryi" { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ]; } ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     makeWrapper ${pkgs.osquery}/bin/osqueryi $out/bin/osqueryi \
-      --add-flags "--flagfile ${flagfile}"
+      --add-flags "--flagfile ${flagfile} --disable-database"
   '';
 in
 {