diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/tsm-client.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/tsm-client.nix
index 421beec86e5..28db9625387 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/tsm-client.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/tsm-client.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let
   inherit (lib.modules) mkDefault mkIf;
   inherit (lib.options) literalExpression mkEnableOption mkOption;
   inherit (lib.strings) concatStringsSep optionalString toLower;
-  inherit (lib.types) addCheck attrsOf lines nullOr package path port str strMatching submodule;
+  inherit (lib.types) addCheck attrsOf lines nonEmptyStr nullOr package path port str strMatching submodule;
 
   # Checks if given list of strings contains unique
   # elements when compared without considering case.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ let
       '';
     };
     options.server = mkOption {
-      type = strMatching ".+";
+      type = nonEmptyStr;
       example = "tsmserver.company.com";
       description = ''
         Host/domain name or IP address of the IBM TSM server.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ let
       '';
     };
     options.node = mkOption {
-      type = strMatching ".+";
+      type = nonEmptyStr;
       example = "MY-TSM-NODE";
       description = ''
         Target node name on the IBM TSM server.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/backup/tsm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/backup/tsm.nix
index 0017a6f69c1..4e690ac6ecd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/backup/tsm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/backup/tsm.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let
   inherit (lib.attrsets) hasAttr;
   inherit (lib.modules) mkDefault mkIf;
   inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption mkOption;
-  inherit (lib.types) nullOr strMatching;
+  inherit (lib.types) nonEmptyStr nullOr;
 
   options.services.tsmBackup = {
     enable = mkEnableOption ''
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let
       <option>programs.tsmClient.enable</option>
     '';
     command = mkOption {
-      type = strMatching ".+";
+      type = nonEmptyStr;
       default = "backup";
       example = "incr";
       description = ''
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
       '';
     };
     servername = mkOption {
-      type = strMatching ".+";
+      type = nonEmptyStr;
       example = "mainTsmServer";
       description = ''
         Create a systemd system service
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ let
       '';
     };
     autoTime = mkOption {
-      type = nullOr (strMatching ".+");
+      type = nullOr nonEmptyStr;
       default = null;
       example = "12:00";
       description = ''