diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/console.nix b/nixos/modules/config/console.nix
index 5b07901f9901..69101bca3f21 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/console.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/console.nix
@@ -149,8 +149,11 @@ in
         '');
 
         boot.initrd.systemd.contents = {
-          "/etc/kbd".source = "${consoleEnv config.boot.initrd.systemd.package.kbd}/share";
           "/etc/vconsole.conf".source = vconsoleConf;
+          # Add everything if we want full console setup...
+          "/etc/kbd" = lib.mkIf cfg.earlySetup { source = "${consoleEnv config.boot.initrd.systemd.package.kbd}/share"; };
+          # ...but only the keymaps if we don't
+          "/etc/kbd/keymaps" = lib.mkIf (!cfg.earlySetup) { source = "${consoleEnv config.boot.initrd.systemd.package.kbd}/share/keymaps"; };
         };
         boot.initrd.systemd.storePaths = [
           "${config.boot.initrd.systemd.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup"
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ in
         ];
       })
 
-      (mkIf cfg.earlySetup {
+      (mkIf (cfg.earlySetup && !config.boot.inird.systemd.enable) {
         boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = ''
           mkdir -p $out/share/consolefonts
           ${if substring 0 1 cfg.font == "/" then ''
@@ -194,10 +197,6 @@ in
             cp -L $font $out/share/consolefonts/font.psf
           fi
         '';
-        assertions = [{
-          assertion = !config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable;
-          message = "console.earlySetup is implied by systemd stage 1";
-        }];
       })
     ]))
   ];