diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
index 0eb5bcbce699..a6c22f46d912 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ in
       '';
       Restart = "on-failure";
       RestartSec = 5;
+    };
+    unitConfig = {
       StartLimitBurst = 3;
       StartLimitInterval = 10;
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/spark/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/spark/default.nix
index ffec1512d42b..3835564980b6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/spark/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/spark/default.nix
@@ -123,9 +123,11 @@ in
             ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/sbin/start-master.sh";
             ExecStop = "${cfg.package}/sbin/stop-master.sh";
             TimeoutSec = 300;
-            StartLimitBurst = 10;
             Restart = "always";
           };
+          unitConfig = {
+            StartLimitBurst = 10;
+          };
         };
         spark-worker = lib.mkIf cfg.worker.enable {
           path = with pkgs; [
@@ -151,9 +153,11 @@ in
             ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/sbin/start-worker.sh spark://${cfg.worker.master}";
             ExecStop = "${cfg.package}/sbin/stop-worker.sh";
             TimeoutSec = 300;
-            StartLimitBurst = 10;
             Restart = "always";
           };
+          unitConfig = {
+            StartLimitBurst = 10;
+          };
         };
       };
       tmpfiles.rules = [
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/games/xonotic.nix b/nixos/modules/services/games/xonotic.nix
index 736440b5123e..4d181830aaeb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/games/xonotic.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/games/xonotic.nix
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ in
 
         Restart = "on-failure";
         RestartSec = 10;
+      };
+      unitConfig = {
         StartLimitBurst = 5;
       };
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/conduit.nix b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/conduit.nix
index 3d2738c4c3d8..18b86de86e55 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/conduit.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/conduit.nix
@@ -157,9 +157,11 @@ in
         ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/conduit";
         Restart = "on-failure";
         RestartSec = 10;
-        StartLimitBurst = 5;
         UMask = "077";
       };
+      unitConfig = {
+        StartLimitBurst = 5;
+      };
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/fedimintd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/fedimintd.nix
index 30e2857f0017..a2155319f96f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/fedimintd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/fedimintd.nix
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ in
 
               Restart = "always";
               RestartSec = 10;
-              StartLimitBurst = 5;
               UMask = "007";
               LimitNOFILE = "100000";
 
@@ -341,6 +340,9 @@ in
                 "~@privileged"
               ];
             };
+            unitConfig = {
+              StartLimitBurst = 5;
+            };
           }
         ))
       ) eachFedimintd;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/frr.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/frr.nix
index e26385802af1..dea0c9963462 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/frr.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/frr.nix
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ in
           Nice = -5;
           Type = "forking";
           NotifyAccess = "all";
-          StartLimitBurst = "3";
           TimeoutSec = 120;
           WatchdogSec = 60;
           RestartSec = 5;
@@ -309,6 +308,9 @@ in
           ExecStop = "${pkgs.frr}/libexec/frr/frrinit.sh stop";
           ExecReload = "${pkgs.frr}/libexec/frr/frrinit.sh reload";
         };
+        unitConfig = {
+          StartLimitBurst = "3";
+        };
       };
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-rootless.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-rootless.nix
index c1d8ea38a0bb..08cf48ef22fb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-rootless.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-rootless.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ in
         TimeoutSec = 0;
         RestartSec = 2;
         Restart = "always";
-        StartLimitBurst = 3;
         LimitNOFILE = "infinity";
         LimitNPROC = "infinity";
         LimitCORE = "infinity";
@@ -90,6 +89,9 @@ in
         NotifyAccess = "all";
         KillMode = "mixed";
       };
+      unitConfig = {
+        StartLimitBurst = 3;
+      };
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/vault-postgresql.nix b/nixos/tests/vault-postgresql.nix
index bf5f1ee8ab7e..129e8ccfce89 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/vault-postgresql.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/vault-postgresql.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         ];
         # Try for about 10 minutes rather than the default of 5 attempts.
         serviceConfig.RestartSec = 1;
-        serviceConfig.StartLimitBurst = 600;
+        unitConfig.StartLimitBurst = 600;
       };
       # systemd.services.vault.unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = "/run/keys/";