diff --git a/hosts/omega/hardware.nix b/hosts/omega/hardware.nix
index e09ab4e..d6e5413 100644
--- a/hosts/omega/hardware.nix
+++ b/hosts/omega/hardware.nix
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@
     }
   ];
 
-  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
-  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
-  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
-  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  # Enables DHCP on all ethernet and wireless LAN interfaces.
   networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-  # networking.interfaces.enp1s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
 
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
 }
diff --git a/hosts/tor/hardware.nix b/hosts/tor/hardware.nix
index 4e726e7..f4c7313 100644
--- a/hosts/tor/hardware.nix
+++ b/hosts/tor/hardware.nix
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@
     }
   ];
 
-  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
-  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
-  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
-  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  # Enables DHCP on all ethernet and wireless LAN interfaces.
   networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-  # networking.interfaces.ens3.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
 
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
 }
diff --git a/hosts/zeta/hardware.nix b/hosts/zeta/hardware.nix
index 85bb245..8f35523 100644
--- a/hosts/zeta/hardware.nix
+++ b/hosts/zeta/hardware.nix
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@
     }
   ];
 
-  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
-  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
-  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
-  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  # Enables DHCP on all ethernet and wireless LAN interfaces.
   networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-  # networking.interfaces.wlp2s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
 
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
   powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = lib.mkDefault "performance";
diff --git a/modules/base/network.nix b/modules/base/network.nix
index 5aa9e4e..1527f94 100644
--- a/modules/base/network.nix
+++ b/modules/base/network.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
     };
   };
 
+  # TODO: these systemd networkd settings will be the default once
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/202488 is merged.
+  networking.useNetworkd = true;
+  systemd.network = {
+    enable = true;
+    wait-online.anyInterface = true;
+  };
+
   services.resolved = {
     enable = true;
     dnssec = "true";