diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
index 97b9680ed951..502289d8820a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ let
   enableDHCP = config.networking.dhcpcd.enable &&
         (config.networking.useDHCP || lib.any (i: i.useDHCP == true) interfaces);
 
-  enableNTPService = (config.services.ntp.enable || config.services.ntpd-rs.enable || config.services.openntpd.enable || config.services.chrony.enable);
-
   # Don't start dhcpcd on explicitly configured interfaces or on
   # interfaces that are part of a bridge, bond or sit device.
   ignoredInterfaces =
@@ -88,23 +86,6 @@ let
       ${cfg.extraConfig}
     '';
 
-  exitHook = pkgs.writeText "dhcpcd.exit-hook" ''
-    ${lib.optionalString enableNTPService ''
-      if [ "$reason" = BOUND -o "$reason" = REBOOT ]; then
-        # Restart ntpd. We need to restart it to make sure that it will actually do something:
-        # if ntpd cannot resolve the server hostnames in its config file, then it will never do
-        # anything ever again ("couldn't resolve ..., giving up on it"), so we silently lose
-        # time synchronisation. This also applies to openntpd.
-        ${lib.optionalString config.services.ntp.enable "/run/current-system/systemd/bin/systemctl try-reload-or-restart ntpd.service || true"}
-        ${lib.optionalString config.services.ntpd-rs.enable "/run/current-system/systemd/bin/systemctl try-reload-or-restart ntpd-rs.service || true"}
-        ${lib.optionalString config.services.openntpd.enable "/run/current-system/systemd/bin/systemctl try-reload-or-restart openntpd.service || true"}
-        ${lib.optionalString config.services.chrony.enable "/run/current-system/systemd/bin/systemctl try-reload-or-restart chronyd.service || true"}
-      fi
-    ''}
-
-    ${cfg.runHook}
-  '';
-
 in
 
 {
@@ -217,7 +198,7 @@ in
         wants = [ "network.target" ];
         before = [ "network-online.target" ];
 
-        restartTriggers = lib.optional (enableNTPService || cfg.runHook != "") [ exitHook ];
+        restartTriggers = [ cfg.runHook ];
 
         # Stopping dhcpcd during a reconfiguration is undesirable
         # because it brings down the network interfaces configured by
@@ -246,9 +227,7 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ dhcpcd ];
 
-    environment.etc."dhcpcd.exit-hook" = lib.mkIf (enableNTPService || cfg.runHook != "") {
-      source = exitHook;
-    };
+    environment.etc."dhcpcd.exit-hook".text = cfg.runHook;
 
     powerManagement.resumeCommands = lib.mkIf config.systemd.services.dhcpcd.enable
       ''