diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 272f2c33d64f..901a3aaa53d3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
   ./virtualisation/docker.nix
   ./virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
   ./virtualisation/lxc.nix
-  #./virtualisation/nova.nix
+  ./virtualisation/amazon-options.nix
   ./virtualisation/openvswitch.nix
   ./virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix
   ./virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index d175bac3074d..32783279bb2b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -7,17 +7,6 @@ in
 {
   imports = [ ../profiles/headless.nix ./ec2-data.nix ];
 
-  options = {
-    ec2 = {
-      hvm = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        description = ''
-          Whether the EC2 instance is a HVM instance.
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
   config = {
     system.build.amazonImage =
       pkgs.vmTools.runInLinuxVM (
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-options.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..34a50dcab16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  options = {
+    ec2 = {
+      hvm = lib.mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        internal = true;
+        description = ''
+          Whether the EC2 instance is a HVM instance.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {};
+}