diff --git a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
index f49745cf59d4..67c0fb130db1 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
   let
     # Evaluate a NixOS configuration
     eval = import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix") {
-      # Overridden explicitly here, this would include all modules from NixOS otherwise.
-      # See: docs of eval-config.nix for more details
-      baseModules = [];
       modules = [
         ./module.nix
       ];