diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nomad.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nomad.nix
index 60fefa2a1da3..9f1b443b89bc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nomad.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nomad.nix
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ in
           Restart = "on-failure";
           RestartSec = 2;
           TasksMax = "infinity";
-          User = optionalString cfg.dropPrivileges "nomad";
         }
         (mkIf cfg.enableDocker {
           SupplementaryGroups = "docker"; # space-separated string