diff --git a/nixos/tests/bpf.nix b/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
index 1233870d6336..3419dc2aa715 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@
     # simple BEGIN probe (user probe on bpftrace itself)
     print(machine.succeed("bpftrace -e 'BEGIN { print(\"ok\\n\"); exit(); }'"))
     # tracepoint
-    # workaround: this needs more than the default of 1k FD to attach ~350 probes, bump fd limit
-    # see https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace/issues/2110
-    print(machine.succeed("""
-        ulimit -n 2048
-        bpftrace -e 'tracepoint:syscalls:sys_enter_* { print(probe); exit() }'
-    """))
+    print(machine.succeed("bpftrace -e 'tracepoint:syscalls:sys_enter_* { print(probe); exit() }'"))
     # kprobe
     print(machine.succeed("bpftrace -e 'kprobe:schedule { print(probe); exit() }'"))
     # BTF