diff --git a/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix
index 0e66bdb..eb8b8f4 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix
@@ -88,5 +88,9 @@
       fsType = "ext4";
     };
 
+  # usually part of the wifi.nix module
+  # because Networkd-wait-online is just failing.
+  systemd.services.systemd-networkd-wait-online.enable = false;
+  systemd.services.NetworkManager-wait-online.enable = false;
 
 }