diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 04bb7ec12d3e..d4d41a5f66ed 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -802,6 +802,13 @@
           loaded in the initrd.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>nixos-generate-config</literal> now puts the dhcp
+          configuration in <literal>hardware-configuration.nix</literal>
+          instead of <literal>configuration.nix</literal>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <literal>fetchFromSourcehut</literal> now allows fetching
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index a2e8038ae1f8..bd1eca459886 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - A new option `boot.initrd.extraModprobeConfig` has been added which can be used to configure kernel modules that are loaded in the initrd.
 
+- `nixos-generate-config` now puts the dhcp configuration in `hardware-configuration.nix` instead of `configuration.nix`.
+
 - `fetchFromSourcehut` now allows fetching repositories recursively
   using `fetchgit` or `fetchhg` if the argument `fetchSubmodules`
   is set to `true`.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
index fe8c4fb1a6b5..57aef50a0f6b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ if (`lsblk -o TYPE` =~ "lvm") {
     push @initrdKernelModules, "dm-snapshot";
 }
 
-my $virt = `systemd-detect-virt`;
+my $virt = `@detectvirt@`;
 chomp $virt;
 
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ foreach my $fs (read_file("/proc/self/mountinfo")) {
     # Maybe this is a bind-mount of a filesystem we saw earlier?
     if (defined $fsByDev{$fields[2]}) {
         # Make sure this isn't a btrfs subvolume.
-        my $msg = `btrfs subvol show $rootDir$mountPoint`;
+        my $msg = `@btrfs@ subvol show $rootDir$mountPoint`;
         if ($? != 0 || $msg =~ /ERROR:/s) {
             my $path = $fields[3]; $path = "" if $path eq "/";
             my $base = $fsByDev{$fields[2]};
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ EOF
 
     # Is this a btrfs filesystem?
     if ($fsType eq "btrfs") {
-        my ($status, @info) = runCommand("btrfs subvol show $rootDir$mountPoint");
+        my ($status, @info) = runCommand("@btrfs@ subvol show $rootDir$mountPoint");
         if ($status != 0 || join("", @info) =~ /ERROR:/) {
             die "Failed to retrieve subvolume info for $mountPoint\n";
         }
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ if (!$noFilesystems) {
     $fsAndSwap .= "swapDevices =" . multiLineList("    ", @swapDevices) . ";\n";
 }
 
+my $networkingDhcpConfig = generateNetworkingDhcpConfig();
+
 my $hwConfig = <<EOF;
 # Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
 # and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
@@ -572,6 +574,7 @@ my $hwConfig = <<EOF;
   boot.kernelModules = [$kernelModules ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [$modulePackages ];
 $fsAndSwap
+$networkingDhcpConfig
 ${\join "", (map { "  $_\n" } (uniq @attrs))}}
 EOF
 
@@ -580,13 +583,13 @@ sub generateNetworkingDhcpConfig {
   # The global useDHCP flag is deprecated, therefore explicitly set to false here.
   # Per-interface useDHCP will be mandatory in the future, so this generated config
   # replicates the default behaviour.
-  networking.useDHCP = false;
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault false;
 EOF
 
     foreach my $path (glob "/sys/class/net/*") {
         my $dev = basename($path);
         if ($dev ne "lo") {
-            $config .= "  networking.interfaces.$dev.useDHCP = true;\n";
+            $config .= "  networking.interfaces.$dev.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;\n";
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
index 2f3b0cdd48f2..71aaf7f253d9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ let
   nixos-generate-config = makeProg {
     name = "nixos-generate-config";
     src = ./nixos-generate-config.pl;
-    path = lib.optionals (lib.elem "btrfs" config.boot.supportedFilesystems) [ pkgs.btrfs-progs ];
     perl = "${pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: [ p.FileSlurp ])}/bin/perl";
+    detectvirt = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemd-detect-virt";
+    btrfs = "${pkgs.btrfs-progs}/bin/btrfs";
     inherit (config.system.nixos-generate-config) configuration desktopConfiguration;
     xserverEnabled = config.services.xserver.enable;
   };
@@ -133,12 +134,13 @@ in
 
       $bootLoaderConfig
         # networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
+        # Pick only one of the below networking options.
         # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
+        # networking.networkmanager.enable = true;  # Easiest to use and most distros use this by default.
 
         # Set your time zone.
         # time.timeZone = "Europe/Amsterdam";
 
-      $networkingDhcpConfig
         # Configure network proxy if necessary
         # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password\@proxy:port/";
         # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ in
         # console = {
         #   font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
         #   keyMap = "us";
+        #   useXkbConfig = true; # use xkbOptions in tty.
         # };
 
       $xserverConfig
@@ -155,7 +158,10 @@ in
       $desktopConfiguration
         # Configure keymap in X11
         # services.xserver.layout = "us";
-        # services.xserver.xkbOptions = "eurosign:e";
+        # services.xserver.xkbOptions = {
+        #   "eurosign:e";
+        #   "caps:escape" # map caps to escape.
+        # };
 
         # Enable CUPS to print documents.
         # services.printing.enable = true;