diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/faster-whisper.nix b/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/faster-whisper.nix
index 018bd5f5c1cc..c01c7db37931 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/faster-whisper.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/faster-whisper.nix
@@ -275,18 +275,13 @@ in
           serviceConfig = {
             DynamicUser = true;
             User = "wyoming-faster-whisper";
-            StateDirectory = [
-              "wyoming/faster-whisper"
-              "wyoming/faster-whisper/models"
-            ];
+            StateDirectory = [ "wyoming/faster-whisper" ];
             # https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/blob/master/whisper/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/whisper/run
             ExecStart = escapeSystemdExecArgs (
               [
                 (lib.getExe cfg.package)
                 "--data-dir"
                 "/var/lib/wyoming/faster-whisper"
-                "--download-dir"
-                "/var/lib/wyoming/faster-whisper/models"
                 "--uri"
                 options.uri
                 "--device"