diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
index f17a56d8c8d..310396ac644 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in {
 
     format = mkOption {
       type = types.enum [ "raw" "qcow2" "vpc" ];
-      default = "qcow2";
+      default = "vpc";
       description = "The image format to output";
     };
   };