diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
index f8b7f26f5f2..58c93d8e2ac 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ let
     dns=${if cfg.useDnsmasq then "dnsmasq" else "default"}
 
     [keyfile]
-    ${optionalString (config.networking.hostName != "")
-      ''hostname=${config.networking.hostName}''}
     ${optionalString (cfg.unmanaged != [])
       ''unmanaged-devices=${lib.concatStringsSep ";" cfg.unmanaged}''}