diff --git a/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/configuration.nix b/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/configuration.nix
index 75d1cacf..295477a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/configuration.nix
+++ b/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/configuration.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ with lib;
   launchd.daemons = mkForce {};
   launchd.user.agents = mkForce {};
 
+  # Don't try to reload `nix-daemon`
+  nix.useDaemon = mkForce false;
+
   system.activationScripts.postUserActivation.text = mkAfter ''
     if [[ -L ~/.nix-defexpr/channels/darwin ]]; then
         nix-channel --remove darwin || true
diff --git a/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/default.nix b/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/default.nix
index 17c0a460..f6e04504 100644
--- a/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/darwin-uninstaller/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ in writeShellApplication {
     echo >&2 "    - remove /Applications/Nix Apps symlink"
     echo >&2 "    - cleanup static /etc files"
     echo >&2 "    - disable and remove all launchd services managed by nix-darwin"
-    echo >&2 "    - restore daemon service from nix installer (only when this is a multi-user install)"
+    if [[ $(stat -f '%Su' /nix/store) == "root" ]]; then
+      echo >&2 "    - restore nix-daemon service from nix installer as this is a multi-user install"
+    fi
     echo >&2
 
     if [[ -t 0 ]]; then