diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
index 03bff1dee5b9d..694d34d1c059a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ def get_generations(profile: str | None = None) -> list[SystemIdentifier]:
         f"{NIX}/bin/nix-env",
         "--list-generations",
         "-p",
-        "/nix/var/nix/profiles/%s" % ("system-profiles/" + profile if profile else "system"),
-        "--option", "build-users-group", ""],
+        "/nix/var/nix/profiles/%s" % ("system-profiles/" + profile if profile else "system")],
         universal_newlines=True)
     gen_lines = gen_list.split('\n')
     gen_lines.pop()
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix
index ea18890903281..8d746001c5d64 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nixpkgs-basic-release-checks.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkgs.runCommand "nixpkgs-release-checks"
     export NIX_STORE_DIR=$TMPDIR/store
     export NIX_STATE_DIR=$TMPDIR/state
     export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=$TMPDIR/barf.nix
-    opts=(--option build-users-group "")
+    opts=()
     nix-store --init
 
     echo 'abort "Illegal use of <nixpkgs> in Nixpkgs."' > $TMPDIR/barf.nix