diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
index 05950639c1e..74f3deb4c29 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ in
     };
 
     graphitePort = mkOption {
-      description = "Port of Graphite server";
-      default = config.services.graphite.web.port;
+      description = "Port of Graphite server (i.e. carbon-cache).";
+      default = 2003;
       type = types.uniq types.int;
     };