diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
index b30c51d7d7f9..acd0a3494046 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m
   - `extraTrustedDomains` -> [`trusted_domains`](#opt-services.nextcloud.extraOptions.trusted_domains) and
   - `trustedProxies` -> [`trusted_proxies`](#opt-services.nextcloud.extraOptions.trusted_proxies).
 
+- The option [`services.nextcloud.config.dbport`] of the Nextcloud module was removed to match upstream.
+  The port can be specified in [`services.nextcloud.config.dbhost`](#opt-services.nextcloud.config.dbhost).
+
 - The Yama LSM is now enabled by default in the kernel, which prevents ptracing
   non-child processes. This means you will not be able to attach gdb to an
   existing process, but will need to start that process from gdb (so it is a
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
index 50d4d7ce4a1a..39f4e8f11620 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ in {
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "nextcloud" "disableImagemagick" ] ''
       Use services.nextcloud.enableImagemagick instead.
     '')
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "nextcloud" "config" "dbport" ] ''
+      Add port to services.nextcloud.config.dbhost instead.
+    '')
     (mkRenamedOptionModule
       [ "services" "nextcloud" "logLevel" ] [ "services" "nextcloud" "extraOptions" "loglevel" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule
@@ -363,18 +366,14 @@ in {
           else if mysqlLocal then "localhost:/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
           else "localhost";
         defaultText = "localhost";
+        example = "localhost:5000";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          Database host or socket path.
+          Database host (+port) or socket path.
           If [](#opt-services.nextcloud.database.createLocally) is true and
           [](#opt-services.nextcloud.config.dbtype) is either `pgsql` or `mysql`,
           defaults to the correct Unix socket instead.
         '';
       };
-      dbport = mkOption {
-        type = with types; nullOr (either int str);
-        default = null;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Database port.";
-      };
       dbtableprefix = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
@@ -886,7 +885,6 @@ in {
               ${optionalString cfg.caching.apcu "'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',"}
               ${optionalString (c.dbname != null) "'dbname' => '${c.dbname}',"}
               ${optionalString (c.dbhost != null) "'dbhost' => '${c.dbhost}',"}
-              ${optionalString (c.dbport != null) "'dbport' => '${toString c.dbport}',"}
               ${optionalString (c.dbuser != null) "'dbuser' => '${c.dbuser}',"}
               ${optionalString (c.dbtableprefix != null) "'dbtableprefix' => '${toString c.dbtableprefix}',"}
               ${optionalString (c.dbpassFile != null) ''
@@ -931,7 +929,6 @@ in {
               # will be omitted.
               ${if c.dbname != null then "--database-name" else null} = ''"${c.dbname}"'';
               ${if c.dbhost != null then "--database-host" else null} = ''"${c.dbhost}"'';
-              ${if c.dbport != null then "--database-port" else null} = ''"${toString c.dbport}"'';
               ${if c.dbuser != null then "--database-user" else null} = ''"${c.dbuser}"'';
               "--database-pass" = "\"\$${dbpass.arg}\"";
               "--admin-user" = ''"${c.adminuser}"'';