diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix
index 8ac9f801dcb..5be10535f5b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix
@@ -176,10 +176,8 @@ in
       '';
 
       serviceConfig = {
-        Type="forking";
-        PIDFile="/run/glusterd.pid";
         LimitNOFILE=65536;
-        ExecStart="${glusterfs}/sbin/glusterd -p /run/glusterd.pid --log-level=${cfg.logLevel} ${toString cfg.extraFlags}";
+        ExecStart="${glusterfs}/sbin/glusterd --no-daemon --log-level=${cfg.logLevel} ${toString cfg.extraFlags}";
         KillMode=cfg.killMode;
         TimeoutStopSec=cfg.stopKillTimeout;
       };