diff --git a/base.nix b/base.nix
index 2d769625..d385cda3 100644
--- a/base.nix
+++ b/base.nix
@@ -101,18 +101,22 @@
     recommendedOptimisation = true;
     recommendedGzipSettings = true;
 
-    appendConfig = ''
+    appendConfig = lib.mkIf (!config.services.matrix-synapse-next.enable or false) ''
       pcre_jit on;
       worker_processes auto;
       worker_rlimit_nofile 100000;
     '';
-    eventsConfig = ''
+    eventsConfig = lib.mkIf (!config.services.matrix-synapse-next.enable or false) ''
       worker_connections 2048;
       use epoll;
       multi_accept on;
     '';
   };
 
+  systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig = lib.mkIf (!config.services.matrix-synapse-next.enable or false) {
+    LimitNOFILE = 65536;
+  };
+
   services.nginx.virtualHosts."_" = lib.mkIf config.services.nginx.enable {
     sslCertificate = "/etc/certs/nginx.crt";
     sslCertificateKey = "/etc/certs/nginx.key";
@@ -120,10 +124,6 @@
     extraConfig = "return 444;";
   };
 
-  systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig = {
-    LimitNOFILE = 65536;
-  };
-
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.mkIf config.services.nginx.enable [ 80 443 ];
 
   security.acme = {