diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
index ea0cf1dcd78..356cfd409ad 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ in {
       description = "Elasticsearch Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       after = [ "network-interfaces.target" ];
+      path = [ pkgs.inetutils ];
       environment = { ES_HOME = cfg.dataDir; };
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/elasticsearch -Des.path.conf=${configDir} ${toString cfg.extraCmdLineOptions}";
@@ -139,8 +140,7 @@ in {
         if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then chown -R elasticsearch ${cfg.dataDir}; fi
 
         # Install plugins
-        rm ${cfg.dataDir}/plugins || true
-        ln -s ${esPlugins}/plugins ${cfg.dataDir}/plugins
+        ln -sfT ${esPlugins}/plugins ${cfg.dataDir}/plugins
       '';
       postStart = mkBefore ''
         until ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -s -o /dev/null ${cfg.listenAddress}:${toString cfg.port}; do