diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-configuration.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-configuration.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ddb1408fdcf5..000000000000
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/man-configuration.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
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-          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
-          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
- <refmeta>
-  <refentrytitle><filename>configuration.nix</filename>
-  </refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-  <refmiscinfo class="source">NixOS</refmiscinfo>
-<!-- <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo> -->
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
-  <refname><filename>configuration.nix</filename></refname>
-  <refpurpose>NixOS system configuration specification</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsection>
-  <title>Description</title>
-  <para>
-   The file <filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> contains the
-   declarative specification of your NixOS system configuration. The command
-   <command>nixos-rebuild</command> takes this file and realises the system
-   configuration specified therein.
-  </para>
- </refsection>
- <refsection>
-  <title>Options</title>
-  <para>
-   You can use the following options in <filename>configuration.nix</filename>.
-  </para>
-  <xi:include href="./generated/options-db.xml"
-            xpointer="configuration-variable-list" />
- </refsection>
-</refentry>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-pages.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-pages.xml
index 0186221bddce..52183f1f9ee0 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/man-pages.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/man-pages.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,33 @@
   <copyright><year>2007-2022</year><holder>Eelco Dolstra and the Nixpkgs/NixOS contributors</holder>
   </copyright>
  </info>
- <xi:include href="man-configuration.xml" />
+ <refentry>
+  <refmeta>
+   <refentrytitle><filename>configuration.nix</filename>
+   </refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+   <refmiscinfo class="source">NixOS</refmiscinfo>
+ <!-- <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo> -->
+  </refmeta>
+  <refnamediv>
+   <refname><filename>configuration.nix</filename></refname>
+   <refpurpose>NixOS system configuration specification</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+  <refsection>
+   <title>Description</title>
+   <para>
+    The file <filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> contains the
+    declarative specification of your NixOS system configuration. The command
+    <command>nixos-rebuild</command> takes this file and realises the system
+    configuration specified therein.
+   </para>
+  </refsection>
+  <refsection>
+   <title>Options</title>
+   <para>
+    You can use the following options in <filename>configuration.nix</filename>.
+   </para>
+   <xi:include href="./generated/options-db.xml"
+             xpointer="configuration-variable-list" />
+  </refsection>
+ </refentry>
 </reference>