diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
index 0e7d59b32075..d7e8a67c4bc9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ let
 
   fileSystems = filter utils.fsNeededForBoot config.system.build.fileSystems;
 
-  needMakefs = lib.any (fs: fs.autoFormat) fileSystems;
-
   kernel-name = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.name or "kernel";
   modulesTree = config.system.modulesTree.override { name = kernel-name + "-modules"; };
   firmware = config.hardware.firmware;
@@ -430,7 +428,7 @@ in {
         "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-fsck"
         "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-hibernate-resume"
         "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-journald"
-        (lib.mkIf needMakefs "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-makefs")
+        "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-makefs"
         "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load"
         "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-remount-fs"
         "${cfg.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown"