diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix
index 9c1f1bf7bf8e..c9abf022932f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix
@@ -256,9 +256,7 @@ in
             (genAttrs' [ "cgit.css" "cgit.png" "favicon.ico" "robots.txt" ] (
               fileName:
               lib.nameValuePair "= ${stripLocation cfg}/${fileName}" {
-                extraConfig = ''
-                  alias ${cfg.package}/cgit/${fileName};
-                '';
+                alias = lib.mkDefault "${cfg.package}/cgit/${fileName}";
               }
             ))
             // {