diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jg/jgmenu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jg/jgmenu/package.nix
index db4643e17746..ca8100c20bcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jg/jgmenu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jg/jgmenu/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   python3Packages,
   pango,
   librsvg,
+  libxfce4util,
   libxml2,
   menu-cache,
   xorg,
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals enableXfcePanelApplet [
     gtk3
-    xfce.libxfce4util
+    libxfce4util
     xfce.xfce4-panel
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libxfce4util/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4util/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/li/libxfce4util/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index f1d1fb001a37..0a5ae1737a76 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
 
       libxfce4ui = callPackage ./core/libxfce4ui { };
 
-      libxfce4util = callPackage ./core/libxfce4util { };
-
       libxfce4windowing = callPackage ./core/libxfce4windowing { };
 
       thunar-unwrapped = callPackage ./core/thunar { };
@@ -176,5 +174,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
 }
 // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
   # These aliases need to be placed outside the scope or they will shadow the attributes from parent scope.
+  libxfce4util = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.libxfce4util’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.libxfce4util’ directly" pkgs.libxfce4util; # Added on 2025-12-23
   xfce4-dev-tools = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-dev-tools’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools; # Added on 2025-12-23
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c54fa90f5003..6048d076b74c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12467,7 +12467,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   xmonad_log_applet = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/xmonad/log-applet {
-    inherit (xfce) libxfce4util xfce4-panel;
+    inherit (xfce) xfce4-panel;
   };
 
   xmonad_log_applet_mate = xmonad_log_applet.override {