diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 1e3b8f3099b6..c8b45724b3c1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@
   ./services/desktops/cpupower-gui.nix
   ./services/desktops/dleyna-renderer.nix
   ./services/desktops/dleyna-server.nix
-  ./services/desktops/pantheon/files.nix
   ./services/desktops/espanso.nix
   ./services/desktops/flatpak.nix
   ./services/desktops/geoclue2.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 31538c422192..17ec13b770a8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ with lib;
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "moinmoin" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "mwlib" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "osquery" ] "The osquery module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "pantheon" "files" ] ''
+      This module was removed, please add pkgs.pantheon.elementary-files to environment.systemPackages directly.
+    '')
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "prey" ] ''
       prey-bash-client is deprecated upstream
     '')
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pantheon/files.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pantheon/files.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cee9f42b62f..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pantheon/files.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# pantheon files daemon.
-
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-{
-
-  imports = [
-    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "pantheon" "files" "enable" ] "Use `environment.systemPackages [ pkgs.pantheon.elementary-files ];`")
-  ];
-
-}