diff --git a/etc/default.nix b/etc/default.nix
index 6b15245e4cb..efb0ea1ee29 100644
--- a/etc/default.nix
+++ b/etc/default.nix
@@ -79,16 +79,6 @@ let
       target = "hosts";
     }
 
-    { # Friendly greeting on the virtual consoles.
-      source = pkgs.writeText "issue" ''
-      
-        ${config.services.mingetty.greetingLine}
-        ${config.services.mingetty.helpLine}
-        
-      '';
-      target = "issue";
-    }
-
     { # Configuration for pwdutils (login, passwd, useradd, etc.).
       # You cannot login without it!
       source = ./login.defs;
diff --git a/modules/services/ttys/mingetty.nix b/modules/services/ttys/mingetty.nix
index c04d47061e9..abca6a9784b 100644
--- a/modules/services/ttys/mingetty.nix
+++ b/modules/services/ttys/mingetty.nix
@@ -61,14 +61,24 @@ in
     options
   ];
 
-  services = {
-    extraJobs = map (ttyNumber : {
-        name = "tty" + toString ttyNumber;
-        job = "
-          start on udev
-          stop on shutdown
-          respawn ${mingetty}/sbin/mingetty --loginprog=${loginProgram} --noclear tty${toString ttyNumber}
-        ";
-    }) ttyNumbers;
-  };
+  services.extraJobs = map (ttyNumber : {
+    name = "tty" + toString ttyNumber;
+    job = ''
+      start on udev
+      stop on shutdown
+      respawn ${mingetty}/sbin/mingetty --loginprog=${loginProgram} --noclear tty${toString ttyNumber}
+    '';
+  }) ttyNumbers;
+
+  environment.etc =
+    [ { # Friendly greeting on the virtual consoles.
+        source = pkgs.writeText "issue" ''
+      
+          ${config.services.mingetty.greetingLine}
+          ${config.services.mingetty.helpLine}
+        
+        '';
+        target = "issue";
+      }
+    ];
 }