diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus-session-local.conf.in b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus-session-local.conf.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fd6f80a3539..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus-session-local.conf.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-Bus Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
- "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
-<busconfig>
-  @extra@
-</busconfig>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus-system-local.conf.in b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus-system-local.conf.in
deleted file mode 100644
index edbb476f585a..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus-system-local.conf.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-Bus Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
- "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
-<busconfig>
-  <servicehelper>@servicehelper@</servicehelper>
-  @extra@
-</busconfig>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
index 33bc890a78c8..643bec188142 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
@@ -10,32 +10,10 @@ let
 
   homeDir = "/run/dbus";
 
-  systemExtraxml = concatStrings (flip concatMap cfg.packages (d: [
-    "<servicedir>${d}/share/dbus-1/system-services</servicedir>"
-    "<includedir>${d}/etc/dbus-1/system.d</includedir>"
-  ]));
-
-  sessionExtraxml = concatStrings (flip concatMap cfg.packages (d: [
-    "<servicedir>${d}/share/dbus-1/services</servicedir>"
-    "<includedir>${d}/etc/dbus-1/session.d</includedir>"
-  ]));
-
-  configDir = pkgs.runCommand "dbus-conf"
-    { preferLocalBuild = true;
-      allowSubstitutes = false;
-    }
-    ''
-      mkdir -p $out
-
-      sed '${./dbus-system-local.conf.in}' \
-        -e 's,@servicehelper@,${config.security.wrapperDir}/dbus-daemon-launch-helper,g' \
-        -e 's,@extra@,${systemExtraxml},' \
-        > "$out/system-local.conf"
-
-      sed '${./dbus-session-local.conf.in}' \
-        -e 's,@extra@,${sessionExtraxml},' \
-        > "$out/session-local.conf"
-    '';
+  configDir = pkgs.makeDBusConf {
+    suidHelper = "${config.security.wrapperDir}/dbus-daemon-launch-helper";
+    serviceDirectories = cfg.packages;
+  };
 
 in