diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/owncloud.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/owncloud.nix
index d689e9dd8e4c..cfddab2f5047 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/owncloud.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/owncloud.nix
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ rec {
       ''}
 
       <Directory ${config.package}>
-        ${builtins.readFile "${config.package}/.htaccess"}
+        Include ${config.package}/.htaccess
       </Directory>
     '';