diff --git a/pkgs/servers/plik/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/plik/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e09341865d06..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/plik/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  makeWrapper,
-  runCommand,
-  callPackage,
-}:
-
-let
-  version = "1.3.7";
-
-  plikd-unwrapped = callPackage ./plikd.nix { };
-  plik = callPackage ./plik.nix { plikd = plikd-unwrapped; };
-
-  webapp = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/root-gg/plik/releases/download/${version}/plik-${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-Uj3I/ohgMr/Ud5xAZiBjsIW8bSdUeXXv9NYKLu8Aym8=";
-  };
-
-in
-{
-
-  inherit plik plikd-unwrapped;
-
-  plikd =
-    runCommand "plikd-${version}"
-      {
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-        inherit (plikd-unwrapped) passthru;
-      }
-      ''
-        mkdir -p $out/libexec/plikd/{bin,webapp} $out/bin
-        tar xf ${webapp} plik-${version}-linux-amd64/webapp/dist/
-        mv plik-*/webapp/dist $out/libexec/plikd/webapp
-        cp ${plikd-unwrapped}/bin/plikd $out/libexec/plikd/bin/plikd
-        makeWrapper $out/libexec/plikd/bin/plikd $out/bin/plikd \
-          --chdir "$out/libexec/plikd/bin"
-      '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/plik/plikd.nix b/pkgs/servers/plik/plikd.nix
index a0e718aa7638..0e34e021a73d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/plik/plikd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/plik/plikd.nix
@@ -2,41 +2,62 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchurl,
   nixosTests,
+  makeWrapper,
 }:
 
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "plikd-unwrapped";
+buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "plikd";
   version = "1.3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "root-gg";
     repo = "plik";
-    rev = version;
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-WCtfkzlZnyzZDwNDBrW06bUbLYTL2C704Y7aXbiVi5c=";
   };
 
+  # TODO build webapp from source (how to hanndle npm and bower deps?)
+  src-webapp = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/root-gg/plik/releases/download/${finalAttrs.version}/plik-${finalAttrs.version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-taUFXZJeUHYjjhrVlLgKYPxNn6W5o8uoEVcu+f5flCA=";
+  };
+
   subPackages = [ "server" ];
 
   vendorHash = null;
 
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://plik.root.gg/";
-    description = "Scalable & friendly temporary file upload system";
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace server/common/version.go \
-      --replace '"0.0.0"' '"${version}"'
+      --replace '"0.0.0"' '"${finalAttrs.version}"'
   '';
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    mv $out/bin/server $out/bin/plikd
+  postInstall = ''
+    # install the webapp
+    mkdir -p $out/libexec/plikd/{bin,webapp} $out/bin
+    tar xf ${finalAttrs.src-webapp} plik-${finalAttrs.version}-linux-amd64/webapp/dist/
+    mv plik-*/webapp/dist $out/libexec/plikd/webapp
+
+    # move and wrap the server binary
+    mv $out/bin/server $out/libexec/plikd/bin/plikd
+    makeWrapper $out/libexec/plikd/bin/plikd $out/bin/plikd \
+      --chdir "$out/libexec/plikd/bin"
   '';
 
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit (nixosTests) plikd;
   };
-}
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Scalable & friendly temporary file upload system";
+    homepage = "https://plik.root.gg/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "plikd";
+    maintainers = [ ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0acf541c941a..52de12d9268f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3390,10 +3390,8 @@ with pkgs;
   playwright-driver = (callPackage ../development/web/playwright/driver.nix { }).playwright-core;
   playwright-test = (callPackage ../development/web/playwright/driver.nix { }).playwright-test;
 
-  inherit (callPackage ../servers/plik { })
-    plik
-    plikd
-    ;
+  plik = callPackage ../servers/plik/plik.nix { };
+  plikd = callPackage ../servers/plik/plikd.nix { };
 
   plex = callPackage ../servers/plex { };