diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix
index 71f49a675b12..b3913efc5cc1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/timesyncd.nix
@@ -74,17 +74,6 @@ in
       # This means that systemd-timesyncd needs to have NSS modules path in LD_LIBRARY_PATH. When systemd-resolved is disabled we still need to set
       # NSS module path so that systemd-timesyncd keeps using other NSS modules that are configured in the system.
       environment.LD_LIBRARY_PATH = config.system.nssModules.path;
-
-      preStart =
-        # workaround an issue of systemd-timesyncd not starting due to upstream systemd reverting their dynamic users changes
-        #  - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61321#issuecomment-492423742
-        #  - https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/12131
-        lib.optionalString (versionOlder config.system.stateVersion "19.09") ''
-          if [ -L /var/lib/systemd/timesync ]; then
-            rm /var/lib/systemd/timesync
-            mv /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync /var/lib/systemd/timesync
-          fi
-        '';
     };
 
     environment.etc."systemd/timesyncd.conf".text = ''
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index a6c3ff57d737..de6cf5c0416c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1482,7 +1482,6 @@ in
   systemd-sysusers-immutable = runTest ./systemd-sysusers-immutable.nix;
   systemd-sysusers-mutable = runTest ./systemd-sysusers-mutable.nix;
   systemd-sysusers-password-option-override-ordering = runTest ./systemd-sysusers-password-option-override-ordering.nix;
-  systemd-timesyncd = runTest ./systemd-timesyncd.nix;
   systemd-timesyncd-nscd-dnssec = runTest ./systemd-timesyncd-nscd-dnssec.nix;
   systemd-user-linger = runTest ./systemd-user-linger.nix;
   systemd-user-tmpfiles-rules = runTest ./systemd-user-tmpfiles-rules.nix;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/systemd-timesyncd.nix b/nixos/tests/systemd-timesyncd.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 83a3d820c50b..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/systemd-timesyncd.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Regression test for systemd-timesync having moved the state directory without
-# upstream providing a migration path. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/12131
-
-let
-  common =
-    { lib, ... }:
-    {
-      # override the `false` value from the qemu-vm base profile
-      services.timesyncd.enable = lib.mkForce true;
-    };
-  mkVM = conf: {
-    imports = [
-      conf
-      common
-    ];
-  };
-in
-{
-  name = "systemd-timesyncd";
-  nodes = {
-    current = mkVM { };
-    pre1909 = mkVM (
-      { lib, ... }:
-      {
-        # create the path that should be migrated by our activation script when
-        # upgrading to a newer nixos version
-        system.stateVersion = "19.03";
-        systemd.services.old-timesync-state-dir = {
-          requiredBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
-          before = [ "systemd-timesyncd.service" ];
-          after = [ "local-fs.target" ];
-          unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
-          serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
-          script = ''
-            rm -rf /var/lib/systemd/timesync
-            mkdir -p /var/lib/systemd /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync
-            ln -s /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync /var/lib/systemd/timesync
-            chown systemd-timesync: /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync
-          '';
-        };
-      }
-    );
-  };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    start_all()
-    current.succeed("systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service")
-    # on a new install with a recent systemd there should not be any
-    # leftovers from the dynamic user mess
-    current.succeed("test -e /var/lib/systemd/timesync")
-    current.succeed("test ! -L /var/lib/systemd/timesync")
-
-    # timesyncd should be running on the upgrading system since we fixed the
-    # file bits in the activation script
-    pre1909.succeed("systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service")
-
-    # the path should be gone after the migration
-    pre1909.succeed("test ! -e /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync")
-
-    # and the new path should no longer be a symlink
-    pre1909.succeed("test -e /var/lib/systemd/timesync")
-    pre1909.succeed("test ! -L /var/lib/systemd/timesync")
-
-    # after a restart things should still work and not fail in the activation
-    # scripts and cause the boot to fail..
-    pre1909.shutdown()
-    pre1909.start()
-    pre1909.succeed("systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service")
-  '';
-}