diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
index d10bffd91474..31e4b6ad2988 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
@@ -191,9 +191,8 @@ in
       { description = "DHCP Client";
 
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ] ++ optional (!hasDefaultGatewaySet) "network-online.target";
-        wants = [ "network.target" "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
+        wants = [ "network.target" ];
         before = [ "network-online.target" ];
-        after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
 
         restartTriggers = [ exitHook ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
index 3b01bc00bafa..914d3e62eb42 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
@@ -1553,9 +1553,6 @@ in
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
         aliases = [ "dbus-org.freedesktop.network1.service" ];
         restartTriggers = map (x: x.source) (attrValues unitFiles);
-        # prevent race condition with interface renaming (#39069)
-        requires = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
-        after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
       };
 
       systemd.services.systemd-networkd-wait-online = {