diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
index 40316b980f3b..be7f176614c9 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ services.mysql.initialScript = pkgs.writeText "mariadb-init.sql" ''
       <link linkend="opt-security.duosec.integrationKey">security.duosec.integrationKey</link>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+      <literal>vmware</literal> has been removed from the <literal>services.x11.videoDrivers</literal> defaults.
+      For VMWare guests set <literal>virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable</literal> to <literal>true</literal> which will include the appropriate drivers.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The initrd SSH support now uses OpenSSH rather than Dropbear to
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index 6aec1c0753a2..400173745d3f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ in
       videoDrivers = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         # !!! We'd like "nv" here, but it segfaults the X server.
-        default = [ "radeon" "cirrus" "vesa" "vmware" "modesetting" ];
+        default = [ "radeon" "cirrus" "vesa" "modesetting" ];
         example = [
           "ati_unfree" "amdgpu" "amdgpu-pro"
           "nv" "nvidia" "nvidiaLegacy390" "nvidiaLegacy340" "nvidiaLegacy304"