diff --git a/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix b/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix
index ca88914a15..5df0750d56 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ in {
     "abi.vsyscall32" = "0";
   };
 
+  boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [
+    # TODO(lukegb): remove this again
+    # For reasons unknown, at the moment, the firmware keeps getting reloaded every 10 seconds or so, resulting in a brief stutter and
+    # "r8152 6-2.4:1.0: load rtl8153b-2 v1 10/23/19 successfully"
+    # This driver is used for the Ethernet port on my USB4 dock, so let's drop this for now.
+    "r8153_ecm" "r8152"
+  ];
+
   my.rundeck.expectedOnline = false;
 
   fileSystems = let