diff --git a/modules/services/borgmatic.nix b/modules/services/borgmatic.nix
index 1e1813946..ad9ace87b 100644
--- a/modules/services/borgmatic.nix
+++ b/modules/services/borgmatic.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ in {
 
           # Lower CPU and I/O priority:
           Nice = 19;
-          CPUSchedulingPolicy = "batch";
           IOSchedulingClass = "best-effort";
           IOSchedulingPriority = 7;
           IOWeight = 100;
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/borgmatic/basic-configuration.service b/tests/modules/services/borgmatic/basic-configuration.service
index 80713fd90..8b760293a 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/borgmatic/basic-configuration.service
+++ b/tests/modules/services/borgmatic/basic-configuration.service
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Service]
-CPUSchedulingPolicy=batch
 ExecStart=/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-systemd/bin/systemd-inhibit \
   --who="borgmatic" \
   --what="sleep:shutdown" \