diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
index 8db3c44246f3..d8f90f1539c1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -272,10 +272,12 @@ in
 
       binaryCaches = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
-        default = [ https://cache.nixos.org/ ];
         description = ''
           List of binary cache URLs used to obtain pre-built binaries
           of Nix packages.
+
+          By default https://cache.nixos.org/ is added,
+          to override it use <literal>lib.mkForce []</literal>.
         '';
       };
 
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ in
   config = {
 
     nix.binaryCachePublicKeys = [ "cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY=" ];
+    nix.binaryCaches = [ "https://cache.nixos.org/" ];
 
     environment.etc."nix/nix.conf".source = nixConf;