diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index 0ed44f9d3d15..60e00ce874a8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@
       gogs = 268;
       pdns-recursor = 269;
       kresd = 270;
+      rpc = 271;
 
       # When adding a uid, make sure it doesn't match an existing gid. And don't use uids above 399!
 
@@ -541,6 +542,7 @@
       couchpotato = 267;
       gogs = 268;
       kresd = 270;
+      #rpc = 271; # unused
 
       # When adding a gid, make sure it doesn't match an existing
       # uid. Users and groups with the same name should have equal
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/rpcbind.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/rpcbind.nix
index eef1e8e8cd88..cddcb09054e0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/rpcbind.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/rpcbind.nix
@@ -2,35 +2,6 @@
 
 with lib;
 
-let
-
-  netconfigFile = {
-    target = "netconfig";
-    source = pkgs.writeText "netconfig" ''
-      #
-      # The network configuration file. This file is currently only used in
-      # conjunction with the TI-RPC code in the libtirpc library.
-      #
-      # Entries consist of:
-      #
-      #       <network_id> <semantics> <flags> <protofamily> <protoname> \
-      #               <device> <nametoaddr_libs>
-      #
-      # The <device> and <nametoaddr_libs> fields are always empty in this
-      # implementation.
-      #
-      udp        tpi_clts      v     inet     udp     -       -
-      tcp        tpi_cots_ord  v     inet     tcp     -       -
-      udp6       tpi_clts      v     inet6    udp     -       -
-      tcp6       tpi_cots_ord  v     inet6    tcp     -       -
-      rawip      tpi_raw       -     inet      -      -       -
-      local      tpi_cots_ord  -     loopback  -      -       -
-      unix       tpi_cots_ord  -     loopback  -      -       -
-    '';
-  };
-
-in
-
 {
 
   ###### interface
@@ -58,25 +29,18 @@ in
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf config.services.rpcbind.enable {
-
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.rpcbind ];
 
-    environment.etc = [ netconfigFile ];
+    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.rpcbind ];
 
-    systemd.services.rpcbind =
-      { description = "ONC RPC Directory Service";
-
-        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-
-        requires = [ "basic.target" ];
-        after = [ "basic.target" ];
-
-        unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false; # don't stop during shutdown
-
-        serviceConfig.Type = "forking";
-        serviceConfig.ExecStart = "@${pkgs.rpcbind}/bin/rpcbind rpcbind";
-      };
+    systemd.services.rpcbind = {
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    };
 
+    users.extraUsers.rpc = {
+      group = "nogroup";
+      uid = config.ids.uids.rpc;
+    };
   };
 
 }