diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index ce3311a5f598..c47df868b882 100644
--- a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -593,9 +593,7 @@ in
             done
           '';
 
-        daemonType = "fork";
-
-        exec = "httpd -f ${httpdConf}";
+        exec = "httpd -f ${httpdConf} -DNO_DETACH";
 
         preStop =
           ''