diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
index 77ba3181164..bde48bc16af 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
@@ -149,9 +149,20 @@
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     Several of the apache subservices have been replaced with full NixOS
-     modules including LimeSurvey, WordPress, and Zabbix.
-     These modules can be enabled using the <option>services.limesurvey.enable</option>,
+     The httpd service no longer attempts to start the postgresql service. If you have come to depend
+     on this behaviour then you can preserve the behavior with the following configuration:
+     <literal>systemd.services.httpd.after = [ "postgresql.service" ];</literal>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     The option <option>services.httpd.extraSubservices</option> has been
+     marked as deprecated. You may still use this feature, but it will be
+     removed in a future release of NixOS. You are encouraged to convert any
+     httpd subservices you may have written to a full NixOS module.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Most of the httpd subservices packaged with NixOS have been replaced with
+     full NixOS modules including LimeSurvey, WordPress, and Zabbix. These
+     modules can be enabled using the <option>services.limesurvey.enable</option>,
      <option>services.wordpress.enable</option>, and <option>services.zabbixWeb.enable</option> options.
     </para>
    </listitem>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index bf99f6c132a..ea9476a7c91 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ let
     else [{ip = "*"; port = 80;}];
 
   getListen = cfg:
-    let list = (lib.optional (cfg.port != 0) {ip = "*"; port = cfg.port;}) ++ cfg.listen;
-    in if list == []
-        then defaultListen cfg
-        else list;
+    if cfg.listen == []
+      then defaultListen cfg
+      else cfg.listen;
 
   listenToString = l: "${l.ip}:${toString l.port}";
 
@@ -638,7 +637,7 @@ in
                      message = "SSL is enabled for httpd, but sslServerCert and/or sslServerKey haven't been specified."; }
                  ];
 
-    warnings = map (cfg: ''apache-httpd's port option is deprecated. Use listen = [{/*ip = "*"; */ port = ${toString cfg.port};}]; instead'' ) (lib.filter (cfg: cfg.port != 0) allHosts);
+    warnings = map (cfg: "apache-httpd's extraSubservices option is deprecated. Most existing subservices have been ported to the NixOS module system. Please update your configuration accordingly.") (lib.filter (cfg: cfg.extraSubservices != []) allHosts);
 
     users.users = optionalAttrs (mainCfg.user == "wwwrun") (singleton
       { name = "wwwrun";
@@ -672,7 +671,7 @@ in
 
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
         wants = [ "keys.target" ];
-        after = [ "network.target" "fs.target" "postgresql.service" "keys.target" ];
+        after = [ "network.target" "fs.target" "keys.target" ];
 
         path =
           [ httpd pkgs.coreutils pkgs.gnugrep ]
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
index 4bbd041b6e0..536e707137c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ with lib;
     '';
   };
 
-  port = mkOption {
-    type = types.int;
-    default = 0;
-    description = ''
-      Port for the server. Option will be removed, use <option>listen</option> instead.
-  '';
-  };
-
   listen = mkOption {
      type = types.listOf (types.submodule (
           {