diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkd-dispatcher.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkd-dispatcher.nix
index 49d5cd545656a..5e307d81624ee 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkd-dispatcher.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkd-dispatcher.nix
@@ -102,21 +102,23 @@ in
 
     services.networkd-dispatcher.extraArgs =
       let
-        scriptDir = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
-          name = "networkd-dispatcher-script-dir";
-          paths = lib.mapAttrsToList (
-            name: cfg:
-            (map (
-              state:
-              pkgs.writeTextFile {
-                inherit name;
-                text = cfg.script;
-                destination = "/${state}.d/${name}";
-                executable = true;
-              }
-            ) cfg.onState)
-          ) cfg.rules;
-        };
+        scriptDir = pkgs.runCommand "networkd-dispatcher-script-dir" { } ''
+          mkdir $out
+          ${lib.concatStrings (
+            lib.mapAttrsToList (
+              name: cfg:
+              (lib.concatStrings (
+                map (state: ''
+                  mkdir -p $out/${state}.d
+                  ln -s ${
+                    pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+                      inherit name;
+                      text = cfg.script;
+                    }
+                  }/bin/${name} $out/${state}.d/${name}'') cfg.onState
+              ))
+            ) cfg.rules
+          )}'';
       in
       [
         "--verbose"