diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
index 9e8ef49783ca..c53a1dcce320 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m
 - `services.avahi.nssmdns` got split into `services.avahi.nssmdns4` and `services.avahi.nssmdns6` which enable the mDNS NSS switch for IPv4 and IPv6 respectively.
   Since most mDNS responders only register IPv4 addresses, most users want to keep the IPv6 support disabled to avoid long timeouts.
 
+- `multi-user.target` no longer depends on `network-online.target`.
+  This will potentially break services that assumed this was the case in the past.
+  This was changed for consistency with other distributions as well as improved boot times.
+
+  We have added a warning for services that are
+  `after = [ "network-online.target" ]` but do not depend on it (e.g. using `wants`).
+
 - `networking.iproute2.enable` now does not set `environment.etc."iproute2/rt_tables".text`.
 
   Setting `environment.etc."iproute2/{CONFIG_FILE_NAME}".text` will override the whole configuration file instead of appending it to the upstream configuration file.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index 46c3f66f02dc..b02f615245d4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ in
     systemd.services.systemd-udev-settle.restartIfChanged = false; # Causes long delays in nixos-rebuild
     systemd.targets.local-fs.unitConfig.X-StopOnReconfiguration = true;
     systemd.targets.remote-fs.unitConfig.X-StopOnReconfiguration = true;
-    systemd.targets.network-online.wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     systemd.services.systemd-importd.environment = proxy_env;
     systemd.services.systemd-pstore.wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ]; # see #81138