diff --git a/flakes/common/nix_modules/timezone_auto.nix b/flakes/common/nix_modules/timezone_auto.nix
index 42d31593..4b322d9d 100644
--- a/flakes/common/nix_modules/timezone_auto.nix
+++ b/flakes/common/nix_modules/timezone_auto.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
 {
   services.dbus.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
   services.geoclue2.enable = true;
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
   services.automatic-timezoned.enable = true;
 
   systemd.services.automatic-timezoned = {
-    after = [ "dbus.socket" "systemd-timedated.service" ];
-    wants = [ "dbus.socket" "systemd-timedated.service" ];
+    after = [ "dbus.socket" "systemd-timedated.service" "geoclue.service" ];
+    wants = [ "dbus.socket" "systemd-timedated.service" "geoclue.service" ];
+    serviceConfig = {
+      ExecStartPre = "${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "sleep"} 5";
+      Restart = "on-failure";
+      RestartSec = "10s";
+    };
   };
 
   systemd.services.automatic-timezoned-geoclue-agent = {
diff --git a/hosts/juni/impermanence.nix b/hosts/juni/impermanence.nix
index 7a474f01..a0203519 100644
--- a/hosts/juni/impermanence.nix
+++ b/hosts/juni/impermanence.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     files = [
       "/machine-key.json"
       "/etc/machine-id"
-      "/etc/localtime"
       # NOTE: if you want mutable passwords across reboots, persist these,
       # but you must do a one-time migration (see notes in chat).
       # "/etc/shadow"