diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic/default.nix
index 98f6cb785b4d..a59c2f5aea06 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic/default.nix
@@ -329,7 +329,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.lists.optional (lib.strings.versionOlder version "4.19") systemdMinimal;
 
   configureFlags =
-    [ "--enable-systemd" ]
+    [
+      "--enable-systemd"
+      "--disable-qemu-traditional"
+    ]
     ++ lib.lists.optional (!withInternalQEMU) "--with-system-qemu"
 
     ++ lib.lists.optional withSeaBIOS "--with-system-seabios=${seabios}/share/seabios"