diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ananicy.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ananicy.nix
index f76f534fb450..191666bc3625 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ananicy.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ananicy.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ in
       } // (if ((lib.getName cfg.package) == (lib.getName pkgs.ananicy-cpp)) then {
         # https://gitlab.com/ananicy-cpp/ananicy-cpp/-/blob/master/src/config.cpp#L12
         loglevel = mkOD "warn"; # default is info but its spammy
-        cgroup_realtime_workaround = mkOD true;
+        cgroup_realtime_workaround = mkOD config.systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy;
       } else {
         # https://github.com/Nefelim4ag/Ananicy/blob/master/ananicy.d/ananicy.conf
         check_disks_schedulers = mkOD true;