diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix
index ac014cfcd01a..29e729bfa3d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   upower,
   vala,
   validatePkgConfig,
-  xfce,
+  libxfce4windowing,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   zenity,
 }:
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     sassc
     udev
     upower
-    xfce.libxfce4windowing
+    libxfce4windowing
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-media-player-applet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-media-player-applet/package.nix
index 7315b6065be6..630103b5a5dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-media-player-applet/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-media-player-applet/package.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   ninja,
   nix-update-script,
   python3Packages,
-  xfce,
+  libxfce4windowing,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   buildInputs = [
     glib
     gtk3
-    xfce.libxfce4windowing
+    libxfce4windowing
   ];
 
   pythonPath = with python3Packages; [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4windowing/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libxfce4windowing/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/libxfce4windowing/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/li/libxfce4windowing/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index b47923865891..db4afc7a3660 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
 
       garcon = callPackage ./core/garcon { };
 
-      libxfce4windowing = callPackage ./core/libxfce4windowing { };
-
       thunar-unwrapped = callPackage ./core/thunar { };
 
       thunar = callPackage ./core/thunar/wrapper.nix { };
@@ -171,6 +169,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
   exo = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.exo’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-exo’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-exo; # Added on 2025-12-23
   libxfce4ui = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.libxfce4ui’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.libxfce4ui’ directly" pkgs.libxfce4ui; # Added on 2025-12-23
   libxfce4util = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.libxfce4util’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.libxfce4util’ directly" pkgs.libxfce4util; # Added on 2025-12-23
+  libxfce4windowing = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.libxfce4windowing’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.libxfce4windowing’ directly" pkgs.libxfce4windowing; # Added on 2025-12-23
   xfce4-dev-tools = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-dev-tools’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools; # Added on 2025-12-23
   xfconf = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfconf’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfconf’ directly" pkgs.xfconf; # Added on 2025-12-23
 }