diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audacious-plugins/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audacious-plugins/package.nix
index 5614a0450e04..f8d739feb72e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audacious-plugins/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audacious-plugins/package.nix
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    ln -s ${
-      vgmstream.override { buildAudaciousPlugin = true; }
-    }/lib/audacious/Input/* $out/lib/audacious/Input
+    ln -s ${vgmstream.audacious}/lib/audacious/Input/* $out/lib/audacious/Input
   '';
 
   meta = audacious-bare.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vg/vgmstream/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vg/vgmstream/package.nix
index 0976107cab9f..e74ce1f5436f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vg/vgmstream/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vg/vgmstream/package.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   libao,
   speex,
   nix-update-script,
-  buildAudaciousPlugin ? false, # only build cli by default, pkgs.audacious-plugins sets this to enable plugin support
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -34,10 +33,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ];
   };
 
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "audacious"
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
-  ] ++ lib.optional buildAudaciousPlugin gtk3;
+    gtk3
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     mpg123
@@ -45,17 +50,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libvorbis
     libao
     speex
-  ] ++ lib.optional buildAudaciousPlugin audacious-bare;
+    audacious-bare
+  ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     substituteInPlace cmake/dependencies/audacious.cmake \
-      --replace "pkg_get_variable(AUDACIOUS_PLUGIN_DIR audacious plugin_dir)" "set(AUDACIOUS_PLUGIN_DIR \"$out/lib/audacious\")"
+      --replace "pkg_get_variable(AUDACIOUS_PLUGIN_DIR audacious plugin_dir)" "set(AUDACIOUS_PLUGIN_DIR \"$audacious/lib/audacious\")"
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     # It always tries to download it, no option to use the system one
     "-DUSE_CELT=OFF"
-  ] ++ lib.optional (!buildAudaciousPlugin) "-DBUILD_AUDACIOUS=OFF";
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Library for playback of various streamed audio formats used in video games";