diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
index b8f0a223c910..7519d9176982 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ in
 
   options.system = {
 
+    # XXX: Reintroduce old options to make nixops before 1.6 able to evaluate configurations
+    # XXX: Remove after nixops has been bumped to a compatible version
+    nixosVersion = mkOption {
+      readOnly = true;
+      internal = true;
+      type = types.str;
+      default = config.system.nixos.version;
+    };
+    nixosVersionSuffix = mkOption {
+      readOnly = true;
+      internal = true;
+      type = types.str;
+      default = config.system.nixos.versionSuffix;
+    };
+
     nixos.version = mkOption {
       internal = true;
       type = types.str;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index b0ca274b939f..288634343750 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ with lib;
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "virtualization" "growPartition" ] [ "boot" "growPartition" ])
 
     # misc/version.nix
-    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosVersion" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "version" ])
+    #(mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosVersion" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "version" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosRelease" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "release" ])
-    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosVersionSuffix" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "versionSuffix" ])
+    #(mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosVersionSuffix" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "versionSuffix" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosRevision" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "revision" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosCodeName" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "codeName" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "config" "system" "nixosLabel" ] [ "config" "system" "nixos" "label" ])