diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 831f55d5982f..80bbdc2a23b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -674,6 +674,8 @@ let
 
       HARDENED_USERCOPY                = yes;
       RANDOMIZE_BASE                   = option yes;
+      STRICT_KERNEL_RWX                = yes;
+      STRICT_MODULE_RWX                = yes;
       STRICT_DEVMEM                    = mkDefault yes; # Filter access to /dev/mem
       IO_STRICT_DEVMEM                 = mkDefault yes;
       SECURITY_SELINUX_BOOTPARAM_VALUE = whenOlder "5.1" (freeform "0"); # Disable SELinux by default
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/hardened/config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/hardened/config.nix
index 77cf87001c6b..08bfd74c61a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/hardened/config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/hardened/config.nix
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ assert (versionAtLeast version "4.9");
   SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE = whenOlder "6.4" no; # On 6.4: error: unused option: SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE
   SECURITY_WRITABLE_HOOKS  = option no;
 
-  STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = yes;
-
   # Perform additional validation of commonly targeted structures.
   DEBUG_CREDENTIALS     = whenOlder "6.6" yes;
   DEBUG_NOTIFIERS       = yes;