diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gnunet.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gnunet.nix
index 301fe021b0aa..fdb353fd3443 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gnunet.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gnunet.nix
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ in
       description = "GNUnet";
       after = [ "network.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      restartTriggers = [ configFile ];
+      restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."gnunet.conf".source ];
       path = [ cfg.package pkgs.miniupnpc ];
       serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/lib/gnunet/libexec/gnunet-service-arm -c /etc/gnunet.conf";
       serviceConfig.User = "gnunet";