diff --git a/nixos/tests/systemd-coredump.nix b/nixos/tests/systemd-coredump.nix
index 58db509535ff..905a40df7e5e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/systemd-coredump.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/systemd-coredump.nix
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@ let
 
   crasher = pkgs.writeCBin "crasher" "int main;";
 
-  commonConfig = {
-    systemd.services.crasher.serviceConfig = {
-      ExecStart = "${crasher}/bin/crasher";
-      StateDirectory = "crasher";
-      WorkingDirectory = "%S/crasher";
-      Restart = "no";
-    };
-  };
-
 in
 
 {
@@ -21,40 +12,33 @@ in
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 
-  nodes.machine1 =
-    { pkgs, lib, ... }:
-    {
-      imports = [ commonConfig ];
-      systemd.coredump.settings.Coredump = {
+  nodes.machine = {
+    systemd = {
+      services.crasher.serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = "${crasher}/bin/crasher";
+        StateDirectory = "crasher";
+        WorkingDirectory = "%S/crasher";
+        Restart = "no";
+      };
+
+      coredump.settings.Coredump = {
         Storage = "journal";
         ProcessSizeMax = "0";
       };
     };
-  nodes.machine2 =
-    { pkgs, lib, ... }:
-    {
-      imports = [ commonConfig ];
-      systemd.coredump.enable = false;
-      systemd.package = pkgs.systemd.override {
-        withCoredump = false;
-      };
-    };
+  };
 
   testScript = ''
     with subtest("systemd-coredump enabled"):
-      machine1.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
-      machine1.wait_for_unit("systemd-coredump.socket")
-      machine1.systemctl("start crasher");
-      machine1.wait_until_succeeds("coredumpctl list | grep crasher", timeout=10)
-      machine1.fail("stat /var/lib/crasher/core*")
+      machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+      machine.wait_for_unit("systemd-coredump.socket")
+      machine.systemctl("start crasher");
+      machine.wait_until_succeeds("coredumpctl list | grep crasher", timeout=10)
+      machine.fail("stat /var/lib/crasher/core*")
 
     with subtest("settings.Coredump renders coredump.conf"):
-      machine1.succeed("grep -F '[Coredump]' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf")
-      machine1.succeed("grep -F 'Storage=journal' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf")
-      machine1.succeed("grep -F 'ProcessSizeMax=0' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf")
-
-    with subtest("systemd-coredump disabled"):
-      machine2.systemctl("start crasher");
-      machine2.wait_until_succeeds("stat /var/lib/crasher/core*", timeout=10)
+      machine.succeed("grep -F '[Coredump]' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf")
+      machine.succeed("grep -F 'Storage=journal' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf")
+      machine.succeed("grep -F 'ProcessSizeMax=0' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf")
   '';
 }