diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-init.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-init.nix
index 861838d1bde1..716ce89154b4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-init.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-init.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 let
   bootScript = pkgs.writeScript "bootscript.sh" ''
-    #!${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -eux
+    #!${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -eu
 
     echo "attempting to fetch configuration from EC2 user data..."