diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/caddy/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/caddy/default.nix
index 3bc82c5ed875..9518e145c8c4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/caddy/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/caddy/default.nix
@@ -45,23 +45,7 @@ let
       settingsFormat.generate "caddy.json" cfg.settings
     else
       let
-        writeCaddyfile =
-          text:
-          pkgs.runCommandLocal "Caddyfile"
-            {
-              inherit text;
-              passAsFile = [ "text" ];
-            }
-            ''
-              mkdir -p $out
-              cp "$textPath" $out/Caddyfile
-
-              # 'validate' cannot be used for validation, due to log location access
-              # See https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/issues/6788
-              ${lib.getExe cfg.package} adapt --config $out/Caddyfile
-            '';
-
-        Caddyfile = writeCaddyfile ''
+        Caddyfile = pkgs.writeTextDir "Caddyfile" ''
           {
             ${cfg.globalConfig}
           }