diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
index c4a31c481ae..4b9b0806bac 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
@@ -502,8 +502,6 @@ in {
               ${if c.dbport != null then "--database-port" else null} = ''"${toString c.dbport}"'';
               ${if c.dbuser != null then "--database-user" else null} = ''"${c.dbuser}"'';
               "--database-pass" = dbpass;
-              ${if c.dbtableprefix != null
-                then "--database-table-prefix" else null} = ''"${toString c.dbtableprefix}"'';
               "--admin-user" = ''"${c.adminuser}"'';
               "--admin-pass" = adminpass;
               "--data-dir" = ''"${cfg.home}/data"'';
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
index 76f7f68dc96..c4ce34748ac 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ in {
         config = {
           # Don't inherit adminuser since "root" is supposed to be the default
           inherit adminpass;
+          dbtableprefix = "nixos_";
         };
         autoUpdateApps = {
           enable = true;