diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
index dafd62e8779..a1f715a3adf 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@
      <literal>hardware.ckb-next.*</literal>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The option <literal>services.xserver.displayManager.job.logToFile</literal> which was
+     previously set to <literal>true</literal> when using the display managers
+     <literal>lightdm</literal>, <literal>sddm</literal> or <literal>xpra</literal> has been
+     reset to the default value (<literal>false</literal>).
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
index a685dbfff2a..e1688c45104 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
@@ -208,15 +208,11 @@ in
       }
     ];
 
-    services.xserver.displayManager.job = {
-      logToFile = true;
-
-      # lightdm relaunches itself via just `lightdm`, so needs to be on the PATH
-      execCmd = ''
-        export PATH=${lightdm}/sbin:$PATH
-        exec ${lightdm}/sbin/lightdm
-      '';
-    };
+    # lightdm relaunches itself via just `lightdm`, so needs to be on the PATH
+    services.xserver.displayManager.job.execCmd = ''
+      export PATH=${lightdm}/sbin:$PATH
+      exec ${lightdm}/sbin/lightdm
+    '';
 
     environment.etc."lightdm/lightdm.conf".source = lightdmConf;
     environment.etc."lightdm/users.conf".source = usersConf;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
index 522a0dc92d6..b7511dfd5a8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ in
     ];
 
     services.xserver.displayManager.job = {
-      logToFile = true;
-
       environment = {
         # Load themes from system environment
         QT_PLUGIN_PATH = "/run/current-system/sw/" + pkgs.qt5.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/xpra.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/xpra.nix
index b46ede550c1..a4b57cfdab6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/xpra.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/xpra.nix
@@ -219,30 +219,26 @@ in
       VideoRam 192000
     '';
 
-    services.xserver.displayManager.job = {
-      logToFile = true;
-
-      execCmd = ''
-        ${optionalString (cfg.pulseaudio)
-          "export PULSE_COOKIE=/var/run/pulse/.config/pulse/cookie"}
-        exec ${pkgs.xpra}/bin/xpra start \
-          --daemon=off \
-          --log-dir=/var/log \
-          --log-file=xpra.log \
-          --opengl=on \
-          --clipboard=on \
-          --notifications=on \
-          --speaker=yes \
-          --mdns=no \
-          --pulseaudio=no \
-          ${optionalString (cfg.pulseaudio) "--sound-source=pulse"} \
-          --socket-dirs=/var/run/xpra \
-          --xvfb="xpra_Xdummy ${concatStringsSep " " dmcfg.xserverArgs}" \
-          ${optionalString (cfg.bindTcp != null) "--bind-tcp=${cfg.bindTcp}"} \
-          --auth=${cfg.auth} \
-          ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraOptions}
-      '';
-    };
+    services.xserver.displayManager.job.execCmd = ''
+      ${optionalString (cfg.pulseaudio)
+        "export PULSE_COOKIE=/var/run/pulse/.config/pulse/cookie"}
+      exec ${pkgs.xpra}/bin/xpra start \
+        --daemon=off \
+        --log-dir=/var/log \
+        --log-file=xpra.log \
+        --opengl=on \
+        --clipboard=on \
+        --notifications=on \
+        --speaker=yes \
+        --mdns=no \
+        --pulseaudio=no \
+        ${optionalString (cfg.pulseaudio) "--sound-source=pulse"} \
+        --socket-dirs=/var/run/xpra \
+        --xvfb="xpra_Xdummy ${concatStringsSep " " dmcfg.xserverArgs}" \
+        ${optionalString (cfg.bindTcp != null) "--bind-tcp=${cfg.bindTcp}"} \
+        --auth=${cfg.auth} \
+        ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraOptions}
+    '';
 
     services.xserver.terminateOnReset = false;