diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
index 5fa91ec9cfb..619f36cd515 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ let
   cfg = config.networking;
   dnsmasqResolve = config.services.dnsmasq.enable &&
                    config.services.dnsmasq.resolveLocalQueries;
-  bindResolve =    config.services.bind.enable &&
-                   config.services.bind.resolveLocalQueries;
-  hasLocalResolver = bindResolve || dnsmasqResolve;
+  hasLocalResolver = config.services.bind.enable || dnsmasqResolve;
 
   resolvconfOptions = cfg.resolvconfOptions
     ++ optional cfg.dnsSingleRequest "single-request"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
index 9f533eedf6e..763283dfe7a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
@@ -151,15 +151,6 @@ in
         ";
       };
 
-      resolveLocalQueries = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = true;
-        description = ''
-          Whether bind should resolve local queries (i.e. add 127.0.0.1 to
-          /etc/resolv.conf, overriding networking.nameserver).
-        '';
-      };
-
     };
 
   };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix
index 3d1b931de07..fcf5aa5f175 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in
         default = true;
         description = ''
           Whether dnsmasq should resolve local queries (i.e. add 127.0.0.1 to
-          /etc/resolv.conf overriding networking.nameservers).
+          /etc/resolv.conf).
         '';
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
index adc048f3ca2..7ede8752bcc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ let
               ''
                 # Set the static DNS configuration, if given.
                 ${pkgs.openresolv}/sbin/resolvconf -m 1 -a static <<EOF
-                ${optionalString (cfg.domain != null) ''
+                ${optionalString (cfg.nameservers != [] && cfg.domain != null) ''
                   domain ${cfg.domain}
                 ''}
                 ${optionalString (cfg.search != []) ("search " + concatStringsSep " " cfg.search)}