From f080cc6ccd079c39b90a99bb5d3e390a4fe283bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Fancher <elvishjerricco@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 17:06:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/test-driver: Drop systemd stage 1 assertion

---
 nixos/lib/test-driver/src/test_driver/machine/__init__.py | 3 +--
 nixos/modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix            | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/src/test_driver/machine/__init__.py b/nixos/lib/test-driver/src/test_driver/machine/__init__.py
index 596627a79491..870754e822f3 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/src/test_driver/machine/__init__.py
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/src/test_driver/machine/__init__.py
@@ -1558,8 +1558,7 @@ class QemuMachine(BaseMachine):
     def switch_root(self) -> None:
         """
         Transition from stage 1 to stage 2. This requires the
-        machine to be configured with `testing.initrdBackdoor = true`
-        and `boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true`.
+        machine to be configured with `testing.initrdBackdoor = true`.
         """
         self.wait_for_unit("initrd.target")
         self.execute(
diff --git a/nixos/modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix b/nixos/modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix
index 47890479a4c9..441b84591fc0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix
@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ in
   config = {
 
     assertions = [
-      {
-        assertion = cfg.initrdBackdoor -> config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable;
-        message = ''
-          `testing.initrdBackdoor` requires `boot.initrd.systemd.enable` to be enabled.
-        '';
-      }
       {
         assertion = config.boot.isContainer -> !cfg.backdoor;
         message = ''