diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
index c7c9871cfecc..f7383b2023a4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ let
     };
   } cfg.extraConfig;
 
-  configFile = pkgs.runCommand "config.toml" {
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.remarshal ];
-    preferLocalBuild = true;
+  configFile = pkgs.runCommandLocal "config.toml" {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.remarshal ];
   } ''
     remarshal -if json -of toml \
       < ${pkgs.writeText "config.json" (builtins.toJSON configOptions)} \