diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
index c8bd237dbb00..757a719bfefd 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
           relying on this should provide their own implementation.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <literal>nix.readOnlyStore</literal> option has been
+          renamed to <literal>boot.readOnlyNixStore</literal> to clarify
+          that it configures the NixOS boot process, not the Nix daemon.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-23.05-notable-changes">
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index c438fdc1aaaf..1b105fdd1f3f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - The EC2 image module previously detected and activated swap-formatted instance store devices and partitions in stage-1 (initramfs). This behaviour has been removed. Users relying on this should provide their own implementation.
 
+- The `nix.readOnlyStore` option has been renamed to `boot.readOnlyNixStore` to clarify that it configures the NixOS boot process, not the Nix daemon.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-23.05-notable-changes}
 
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
index 8eb1ed53d0c7..c88fceb9a92c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ in
     (mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2003; from = [ "nix" "useChroot" ]; to = [ "nix" "useSandbox" ]; })
     (mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2003; from = [ "nix" "chrootDirs" ]; to = [ "nix" "sandboxPaths" ]; })
     (mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2205; from = [ "nix" "daemonIONiceLevel" ]; to = [ "nix" "daemonIOSchedPriority" ]; })
+    (mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2211; from = [ "nix" "readOnlyStore" ]; to = [ "boot" "readOnlyNixStore" ]; })
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "nix" "daemonNiceLevel" ] "Consider nix.daemonCPUSchedPolicy instead.")
   ] ++ mapAttrsToList (oldConf: newConf: mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2205; from = [ "nix" oldConf ]; to = [ "nix" "settings" newConf ]; }) legacyConfMappings;
 
@@ -366,17 +367,6 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
-      readOnlyStore = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = true;
-        description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          If set, NixOS will enforce the immutability of the Nix store
-          by making {file}`/nix/store` a read-only bind
-          mount.  Nix will automatically make the store writable when
-          needed.
-        '';
-      };
-
       nixPath = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         default = [
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
index f2a839d07868..78cc8e8d45a3 100755
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fi
 # like squashfs.
 chown -f 0:30000 /nix/store
 chmod -f 1775 /nix/store
-if [ -n "@readOnlyStore@" ]; then
+if [ -n "@readOnlyNixStore@" ]; then
     if ! [[ "$(findmnt --noheadings --output OPTIONS /nix/store)" =~ ro(,|$) ]]; then
         if [ -z "$container" ]; then
             mount --bind /nix/store /nix/store
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
index 6b4193ea2967..6ed915c339e0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ let
     src = ./stage-2-init.sh;
     shellDebug = "${pkgs.bashInteractive}/bin/bash";
     shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
-    inherit (config.boot) systemdExecutable extraSystemdUnitPaths;
+    inherit (config.boot) readOnlyNixStore systemdExecutable extraSystemdUnitPaths;
     isExecutable = true;
-    inherit (config.nix) readOnlyStore;
     inherit useHostResolvConf;
     inherit (config.system.build) earlyMountScript;
     path = lib.makeBinPath ([
@@ -42,6 +41,17 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      readOnlyNixStore = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          If set, NixOS will enforce the immutability of the Nix store
+          by making {file}`/nix/store` a read-only bind
+          mount.  Nix will automatically make the store writable when
+          needed.
+        '';
+      };
+
       systemdExecutable = mkOption {
         default = "/run/current-system/systemd/lib/systemd/systemd";
         type = types.str;