diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
index 14daa0dafbfa..45a5fccfafd4 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@
 - `openrgb` was updated to 1.0rc2, which now uses Plugin API version 4.
   Some existing OpenRGB plugins may be incompatible or require updates.
 
+- the `neovim` wrapper sets provider-related configuration in its generated config rather than as wrapper arguments. It should not affect configuration unless you set `wrapRc` to false.
+
 - We now use the upstream wrapper script for Gradle, supporting both the `JAVA_HOME` and `GRADLE_OPTS` environment variables.
 
 ## Nixpkgs Library {#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
index e8f04ad30fc3..6c97a6f22377 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
@@ -104,13 +104,16 @@ let
         packpathDirs.myNeovimPackages = vimPackageInfo.vimPackage;
         finalPackdir = neovimUtils.packDir packpathDirs;
 
-        rcContent = ''
-          ${luaRcContent}
-        ''
-        + lib.optionalString (neovimRcContent' != "") ''
-          vim.cmd.source "${writeText "init.vim" neovimRcContent'}"
-        ''
-        + lib.optionalString autoconfigure (lib.concatStringsSep "\n" vimPackageInfo.pluginAdvisedLua);
+        rcContent = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+          [
+            providerLuaRc
+          ]
+          ++ lib.optional (luaRcContent != "") luaRcContent
+          ++ lib.optional (neovimRcContent' != "") ''
+            vim.cmd.source "${writeText "init.vim" neovimRcContent'}"
+          ''
+          ++ lib.optionals autoconfigure vimPackageInfo.pluginAdvisedLua
+        );
 
         python3Env =
           lib.warnIf (attrs ? python3Env)
@@ -125,12 +128,7 @@ let
 
         wrapperArgsStr = if lib.isString wrapperArgs then wrapperArgs else lib.escapeShellArgs wrapperArgs;
 
-        generatedWrapperArgs = [
-          # vim accepts a limited number of commands so we join all the provider ones
-          "--add-flags"
-          ''--cmd "lua ${providerLuaRc}"''
-        ]
-        ++
+        generatedWrapperArgs =
           lib.optionals
             (
               finalAttrs.packpathDirs.myNeovimPackages.start != [ ]
@@ -142,17 +140,17 @@ let
               "--add-flags"
               ''--cmd "set rtp^=${finalPackdir}"''
             ]
-        ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.withRuby [
-          "--set"
-          "GEM_HOME"
-          "${rubyEnv}/${rubyEnv.ruby.gemPath}"
-        ]
-        ++ lib.optionals (finalAttrs.runtimeDeps != [ ]) [
-          "--suffix"
-          "PATH"
-          ":"
-          (lib.makeBinPath finalAttrs.runtimeDeps)
-        ];
+          ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.withRuby [
+            "--set"
+            "GEM_HOME"
+            "${rubyEnv}/${rubyEnv.ruby.gemPath}"
+          ]
+          ++ lib.optionals (finalAttrs.runtimeDeps != [ ]) [
+            "--suffix"
+            "PATH"
+            ":"
+            (lib.makeBinPath finalAttrs.runtimeDeps)
+          ];
 
         providerLuaRc = neovimUtils.generateProviderRc {
           inherit (finalAttrs)
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ let
         ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.wrapRc [
           "--set-default"
           "VIMINIT"
-          "lua dofile('${writeText "init.lua" rcContent}')"
+          "lua dofile('${writeText "init.lua" finalAttrs.luaRcContent}')"
         ]
         ++ finalAttrs.generatedWrapperArgs;