diff --git a/nixos/tests/odoo.nix b/nixos/tests/odoo.nix
index 45ec7b7d7a6b..d3764cbc9f0b 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/odoo.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/odoo.nix
@@ -12,20 +12,10 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, package ? pkgs.odoo, ...} : {
       services.odoo = {
         enable = true;
         package = package;
+        autoInit = true;
+        autoInitExtraFlags = [ "--without-demo=all" ];
         domain = "localhost";
       };
-
-      # odoo does not automatically initialize its database,
-      # even if passing what _should_ be the equivalent of these options:
-      #  settings = {
-      #    options = {
-      #      database = "odoo";
-      #      init = "base";
-      #    };
-      #  };
-      systemd.services.odoo.preStart = ''
-        HOME=$STATE_DIRECTORY ${package}/bin/odoo -d odoo -i base --stop-after-init --without-demo all
-      '';
     };
   };