diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/pki.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/pki.nix
index be0b50e93299..6396ec229073 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/pki.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/pki.nix
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ in
       top.caFile
       certmgrAPITokenPath
     ];
-    schedulerPaths = mkIf top.scheduler.enable [
-      cfg.certs.schedulerClient.cert
-      cfg.certs.schedulerClient.key
-    ];
   in
   {
 
@@ -287,19 +283,6 @@ in
         };
       };
 
-      systemd.services.kube-scheduler = mkIf top.scheduler.enable {
-        environment = { inherit (top.pki.certs.schedulerClient) cert key; };
-        unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = schedulerPaths;
-      };
-
-      systemd.paths.kube-scheduler = mkIf top.scheduler.enable {
-        wantedBy = [ "kube-scheduler.service" ];
-        pathConfig = {
-          PathExists = schedulerPaths;
-          PathChanged = schedulerPaths;
-        };
-      };
-
       systemd.services.kube-control-plane-online.environment = let
         client = with cfg.certs; if top.apiserver.enable then clusterAdmin else kubelet;
       in {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/scheduler.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/scheduler.nix
index 32a84563076b..d58528259547 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/scheduler.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/scheduler.nix
@@ -56,18 +56,27 @@ in
   };
 
   ###### implementation
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    systemd.services.kube-scheduler = {
+  config =  let
+
+    schedulerPaths = filter (a: a != null) [
+      cfg.kubeconfig.caFile
+      cfg.kubeconfig.certFile
+      cfg.kubeconfig.keyFile
+    ];
+
+  in mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.services.kube-scheduler = rec {
       description = "Kubernetes Scheduler Service";
       wantedBy = [ "kube-control-plane-online.target" ];
       after = [ "kube-apiserver.service" ];
       before = [ "kube-control-plane-online.target" ];
+      environment.KUBECONFIG = top.lib.mkKubeConfig "kube-scheduler" cfg.kubeconfig;
+      path = [ pkgs.kubectl ];
       preStart = ''
-        ${top.lib.mkWaitCurl ( with config.systemd.services.kube-scheduler; {
-          sleep = 1;
-          path = "/api";
-          cacert = top.caFile;
-        } // optionalAttrs (environment ? cert) { inherit (environment) cert key; })}
+        until kubectl auth can-i get /api -q 2>/dev/null; do
+          echo kubectl auth can-i get /api: exit status $?
+          sleep 2
+        done
       '';
       serviceConfig = {
         Slice = "kubernetes.slice";
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ in
           --address=${cfg.address} \
           ${optionalString (cfg.featureGates != [])
             "--feature-gates=${concatMapStringsSep "," (feature: "${feature}=true") cfg.featureGates}"} \
-          --kubeconfig=${top.lib.mkKubeConfig "kube-scheduler" cfg.kubeconfig} \
+          --kubeconfig=${environment.KUBECONFIG} \
           --leader-elect=${boolToString cfg.leaderElect} \
           --port=${toString cfg.port} \
           ${optionalString (cfg.verbosity != null) "--v=${toString cfg.verbosity}"} \
@@ -87,6 +96,15 @@ in
         Restart = "on-failure";
         RestartSec = 5;
       };
+      unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = schedulerPaths;
+    };
+
+    systemd.paths.kube-scheduler = {
+      wantedBy = [ "kube-scheduler.service" ];
+      pathConfig = {
+        PathExists = schedulerPaths;
+        PathChanged = schedulerPaths;
+      };
     };
 
     services.kubernetes.pki.certs = {