diff --git a/nixos/tests/containers-imperative.nix b/nixos/tests/containers-imperative.nix
index 22b664a90e17..18bec1db78e8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/containers-imperative.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/containers-imperative.nix
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
           modules = lib.singleton {
             nixpkgs = { inherit (config.nixpkgs) localSystem; };
 
-            containers.foo.config = {
-              system.stateVersion = "18.03";
-            };
+            containers.foo.config = {};
           };
 
           # The system is inherited from the host above.
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
index b7af6d6d7364..ab1d8353dba0 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ in {
         "d /var/lib/nextcloud-data 0750 nextcloud nginx - -"
       ];
 
-      system.stateVersion = "22.11"; # stateVersion >=21.11 to make sure that we use OpenSSL3
-
       services.nextcloud = {
         enable = true;
         datadir = "/var/lib/nextcloud-data";