diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 086de91802f5..40d4ec599c74 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@
 
 - The `services.siproxd` module has been removed as `siproxd` is unmaintained and broken with libosip 5.x.
 
+- `services.tor.torsocks.enable` no longer defaults to true if Tor and Tor client functionality is enabled.
+
 - `netbox-manage` script created by the `netbox` module no longer uses `sudo -u netbox` internally. It can be run as root and will change it's user to `netbox` using `runuser`
 
 - `services.gateone` has been removed as the package was removed such that it does not work.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix
index 88f021f8a0c8..f78e9d1af295 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ in
     services.tor.torsocks = {
       enable = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.bool;
-        default = config.services.tor.enable && config.services.tor.client.enable;
-        defaultText = lib.literalExpression "config.services.tor.enable && config.services.tor.client.enable";
+        default = false;
         description = ''
           Whether to build `/etc/tor/torsocks.conf`
           containing the specified global torsocks configuration.