diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
index 8f23454af9df..6383e454e76b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
@@ -3,30 +3,26 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  cfg = config.services.localtime;
+  cfg = config.services.localtimed;
 in {
   options = {
-    services.localtime = {
+    services.localtimed = {
       enable = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         default = false;
         description = ''
-          Enable <literal>localtime</literal>, simple daemon for keeping the system
-          timezone up-to-date based on the current location. It uses geoclue2 to
-          determine the current location and systemd-timedated to actually set
-          the timezone.
+          Enable <literal>localtimed</literal>, a simple daemon for keeping the
+          system timezone up-to-date based on the current location. It uses
+          geoclue2 to determine the current location.
         '';
       };
     };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.geoclue2 = {
-      enable = true;
-      appConfig.localtime = {
-        isAllowed = true;
-        isSystem = true;
-      };
+    services.geoclue2.appConfig.localtimed = {
+      isAllowed = true;
+      isSystem = true;
     };
 
     # Install the polkit rules.
@@ -34,16 +30,6 @@ in {
     # Install the systemd unit.
     systemd.packages = [ pkgs.localtime ];
 
-    users.users.localtimed = {
-      description = "localtime daemon";
-      isSystemUser = true;
-      group = "localtimed";
-    };
-    users.groups.localtimed = {};
-
-    systemd.services.localtime = {
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      serviceConfig.Restart = "on-failure";
-    };
+    systemd.services.localtime.wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/localtime/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/localtime/default.nix
index b1f05cb18519..b8f2b4605289 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/localtime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/localtime/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, geoclue2-with-demo-agent
 , lib
 , m4
 }:
@@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ buildGoModule {
 
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-12JnEU41sp9qRP07p502EYogveE+aNdfmLwlDRbIdxU=";
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    demoPath="${geoclue2-with-demo-agent}/libexec/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent"
-    sed -i localtimed.go -e "s#/usr/lib/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent#$demoPath#"
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ];
 
   installPhase = ''