diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md
index d367ca48fd9b..35e3d09228f8 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2611.section.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 - `databricks-cli` has been updated from `0.290.2` to `1.x.x`, the first major release. OAuth tokens for interactive logins (`auth_type = databricks-cli`) are now stored in the OS-native secure store by default (Secret Service on Linux) instead of `~/.databricks/token-cache.json`; cached tokens from older versions are not migrated, so run `databricks auth login` once per profile after upgrading. To keep the previous file-backed storage, set `DATABRICKS_AUTH_STORAGE=plaintext` or add `auth_storage = plaintext` under `[__settings__]` in `~/.databrickscfg`. Additionally, the `vector_search_endpoints` DABs resource renamed `min_qps` to `target_qps` (and the `vector-search-endpoints` command renamed `--min-qps` to `--target-qps`). See the [upstream changelog](https://github.com/databricks/cli/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for details.
 
 - `hurl` has been updated to `8.x.x` which has some breaking changes. See [upstream changelog](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/releases/tag/8.0.0) for details.
+
+- `xsecurelock` no longer supports authentication via htaccess files (`~/.xsecurelock.pw`) or via the `pamtester` program by default. Only the recommended PAM module is supported unless rebuilt with `withHtaccess` or `withPamtester`.
+
 - `python3Packages.django-health-check` has been updated to major version 4. See its [migration guide](https://codingjoe.dev/django-health-check/migrate-to-v4/) and [changelog](https://github.com/codingjoe/django-health-check/releases/tag/4.0.0) for breaking changes.
 
 - `libgdata` has been removed, as it was archived upstream and relied on the insecure libsoup 2.4.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xs/xsecurelock/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xs/xsecurelock/package.nix
index beb5a7f835c8..f326e305b42b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xs/xsecurelock/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xs/xsecurelock/package.nix
@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@
   libxext,
   libxscrnsaver,
   pam,
-  apacheHttpd,
-  pamtester,
   coreutils,
   makeWrapper,
 
   # boolean flags
   withXscreensaver ? true,
-  xscreensaver ? null,
+  xscreensaver,
   withDocs ? false,
-  pandoc ? null,
+  pandoc,
+  withHtaccess ? false,
+  apacheHttpd,
+  withPamtester ? false,
+  pamtester,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -40,9 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config
     makeWrapper
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
-    pandoc
-  ];
+  ++ lib.optional withDocs pandoc;
 
   buildInputs = [
     libx11
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libxext
     libxscrnsaver
     pam
-    apacheHttpd
-    pamtester
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional withHtaccess apacheHttpd
+  ++ lib.optional withPamtester pamtester;
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-pam-service-name=login"