diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/pantheon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/pantheon.nix
index 05011b999f2b..29cb6ccbc06b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/pantheon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/pantheon.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ let
   ldmcfg = dmcfg.lightdm;
   cfg = ldmcfg.greeters.pantheon;
 
-  xgreeters = pkgs.linkFarm "pantheon-greeter-xgreeters" [{
-    path = "${pkgs.pantheon.elementary-greeter}/share/xgreeters/io.elementary.greeter.desktop";
-    name = "io.elementary.greeter.desktop";
-  }];
-
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -36,7 +31,7 @@ in
     services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.greeters.gtk.enable = false;
 
     services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.greeter = mkDefault {
-      package = xgreeters;
+      package = pkgs.pantheon.elementary-greeter.xgreeters;
       name = "io.elementary.greeter";
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-greeter/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-greeter/default.nix
index 2e6cc24b486e..a72e0b6c223a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-greeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-greeter/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, linkFarm
+, elementary-greeter
 , pantheon
 , pkgconfig
 , meson
@@ -41,6 +43,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       inherit repoName;
       attrPath = pname;
     };
+
+    xgreeters = linkFarm "pantheon-greeter-xgreeters" [{
+      path = "${elementary-greeter}/share/xgreeters/io.elementary.greeter.desktop";
+      name = "io.elementary.greeter.desktop";
+    }];
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [