diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/bashless.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/bashless.nix
index 572f665bfede..501563b97b3d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/bashless.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/bashless.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
   users.manageLingering = lib.mkDefault false;
   # Relies on the gzip command which depends on bash
   services.logrotate.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
+  # The resize helper pulls in bash
+  services.lvm.resizeHelper.enable = false;
 
   # Check that the system does not contain a Nix store path that contains the
   # string "bash".
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/lvm.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/lvm.nix
index 8cf2db05dff4..4b33b3e79ed0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/lvm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/lvm.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    resizeHelper.enable = mkEnableOption "lvresize_fs_helper" // {
+      default = true;
+    };
+
     package = mkOption {
       type = types.package;
       default = pkgs.lvm2;
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ in
 
       services.udev.packages = [ cfg.package.out ];
       environment.etc."lvm/lvm.conf".text =
-        "global/lvresize_fs_helper_executable = ${pkgs.lvm2.scripts}/libexec/lvresize_fs_helper";
+        mkIf cfg.resizeHelper.enable "global/lvresize_fs_helper_executable = ${pkgs.lvm2.scripts}/libexec/lvresize_fs_helper";
     })
     (mkIf config.boot.initrd.services.lvm.enable {
       # We need lvm2 for the device-mapper rules