diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
index f3e86bfd2019..ed7b949ecc26 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ in
         "/info"
         "/lib"
         "/man"
-        "/sbin"
         "/share/emacs"
         "/share/vim-plugins"
         "/share/org"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix
index e0379a2c02af..1a84e05763fd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ in
 
     # TODO: move most of these elsewhere
     environment.profileRelativeEnvVars =
-      { PATH = [ "/bin" "/sbin" "/lib/kde4/libexec" ];
+      { PATH = [ "/bin" "/lib/kde4/libexec" ];
         INFOPATH = [ "/info" "/share/info" ];
         PKG_CONFIG_PATH = [ "/lib/pkgconfig" ];
         TERMINFO_DIRS = [ "/share/terminfo" ];