diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image-inner.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image-inner.nix
index ef00c6f86cbd..4698971de8ff 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image-inner.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image-inner.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,23 @@
       ./lxd.nix
     ];
 
-  networking.useDHCP = false;
-  networking.interfaces.eth0.useDHCP = true;
+  networking = {
+    dhcpcd.enable = false;
+    useDHCP = false;
+    useHostResolvConf = false;
+  };
+
+  systemd.network = {
+    enable = true;
+    networks."50-eth0" = {
+      matchConfig.Name = "eth0";
+      networkConfig = {
+        DHCP = "ipv4";
+        IPv6AcceptRA = true;
+      };
+      linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "routable";
+    };
+  };
 
   system.stateVersion = "@stateVersion@"; # Did you read the comment?
 }
diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image.nix
index b77f9f5aabe0..3f330952d695 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/lxd-container-image.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,21 @@
     fi
   '';
 
-  # Network
-  networking.useDHCP = false;
-  networking.interfaces.eth0.useDHCP = true;
+  networking = {
+    dhcpcd.enable = false;
+    useDHCP = false;
+    useHostResolvConf = false;
+  };
+
+  systemd.network = {
+    enable = true;
+    networks."50-eth0" = {
+      matchConfig.Name = "eth0";
+      networkConfig = {
+        DHCP = "ipv4";
+        IPv6AcceptRA = true;
+      };
+      linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "routable";
+    };
+  };
 }