diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/pin.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/element-desktop-pin.nix
similarity index 57%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/pin.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/element-desktop-pin.nix
index 7c765a5350d9..ed64279ccb16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/pin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/element-desktop-pin.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
   "hashes" = {
     "desktopSrcHash" = "sha256-vZLM1AIMxDltB+GeQEcYifnaBC1+4wWkotPFuelHxT0=";
     "desktopYarnHash" = "1n057ic4dzcyg3wfr8jj7vab00jg2d1m38y5zk1kab1pka163f1q";
-    "webSrcHash" = "sha256-ErhxNbe3uM97cmiOLtDeQwJT8RMWD2NKQ+q/VPU9+js=";
-    "webYarnHash" = "1wma1d2z5b1lhlh0vbnp30255gn4hvjpczsprg3s4y30716gsm44";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/keytar/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/keytar/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/keytar/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/keytar/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/keytar/pin.json b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/keytar/pin.json
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/keytar/pin.json
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/keytar/pin.json
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/keytar/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/keytar/update.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/keytar/update.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/keytar/update.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
similarity index 94%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
index 3bccfdec1d68..1afb094d7e5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
   element-web,
   sqlcipher,
   callPackage,
-  Security,
-  AppKit,
-  CoreServices,
+  darwin,
   desktopToDarwinBundle,
   useKeytar ? true,
   # command line arguments which are always set
@@ -23,11 +21,11 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  pinData = import ./pin.nix;
+  pinData = import ./element-desktop-pin.nix;
   inherit (pinData.hashes) desktopSrcHash desktopYarnHash;
   executableName = "element-desktop";
-  keytar = callPackage ./keytar { inherit Security AppKit; };
-  seshat = callPackage ./seshat { inherit CoreServices; };
+  keytar = callPackage ./keytar { inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security AppKit; };
+  seshat = callPackage ./seshat { inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices; };
   electron = electron_33;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (
@@ -146,6 +144,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
     '';
 
     passthru = {
+      # run with: nix-shell ./maintainers/scripts/update.nix --argstr package element-desktop
       updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
       # TL;DR: keytar is optional while seshat isn't.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/seshat/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/seshat/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/seshat/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/seshat/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/seshat/pin.json b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/seshat/pin.json
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/seshat/pin.json
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/seshat/pin.json
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/seshat/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/seshat/update.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/seshat/update.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/seshat/update.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/update.sh
similarity index 83%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/update.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/update.sh
index 2a4ec5fcdec2..20251b2644a4 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/update.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=../../../../../ -i bash -p nix wget prefetch-yarn-deps nix-prefetch-github jq
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p nix wget prefetch-yarn-deps nix-prefetch-github jq
 
 if [ "$#" -gt 1 ] || [[ "$1" == -* ]]; then
   echo "Regenerates packaging data for the element packages."
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ version="${version#v}"
 web_src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/element-hq/element-web/v$version"
 web_src_hash=$(nix-prefetch-github element-hq element-web --rev v${version} | jq -r .hash)
 
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" || exit 1
+
 web_tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
 trap 'rm -rf "$web_tmpdir"' EXIT
 
@@ -42,14 +44,22 @@ wget -q "$desktop_src/yarn.lock"
 desktop_yarn_hash=$(prefetch-yarn-deps yarn.lock)
 popd
 
-cat > pin.nix << EOF
+cat > ../element-web-unwrapped/element-web-pin.nix << EOF
 {
   "version" = "$version";
   "hashes" = {
-    "desktopSrcHash" = "$desktop_src_hash";
-    "desktopYarnHash" = "$desktop_yarn_hash";
     "webSrcHash" = "$web_src_hash";
     "webYarnHash" = "$web_yarn_hash";
   };
 }
 EOF
+
+cat > element-desktop-pin.nix << EOF
+{
+  "version" = "$version";
+  "hashes" = {
+    "desktopSrcHash" = "$desktop_src_hash";
+    "desktopYarnHash" = "$desktop_yarn_hash";
+  };
+}
+EOF
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-web-unwrapped/package.nix
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-web-unwrapped/package.nix
index 1bfea7162dde..9a7ced0e8d51 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-web-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  pinData = import ./pin.nix;
+  pinData = import ./element-web-pin.nix;
   inherit (pinData.hashes) webSrcHash webYarnHash;
   noPhoningHome = {
     disable_guests = true; # disable automatic guest account registration at matrix.org
@@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: builtins.removeAttrs pinData [ "hashes" ] // {
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
 })
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-web/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web-wrapper.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/el/element-web/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 74e47c2d0be7..2cb6b7113f8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ mapAliases {
   edUnstable = throw "edUnstable was removed; use ed instead"; # Added 2024-07-01
   elasticsearch7Plugins = elasticsearchPlugins;
 
-  # Electron
+  element-desktop-wayland = throw "element-desktop-wayland has been removed. Consider setting NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1 via 'environment.sessionVariables' instead"; # Added 2024-12-17
 
 
   elixir_ls = elixir-ls; # Added 2023-03-20
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d203cce4a970..f9cbdba067b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2290,20 +2290,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   electronplayer = callPackage ../applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix { };
 
-  element-desktop = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security AppKit CoreServices;
-  };
-  element-desktop-wayland = writeScriptBin "element-desktop" ''
-    #!/bin/sh
-    NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1 exec ${element-desktop}/bin/element-desktop "$@"
-  '';
-
-  element-web-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix { };
-
-  element-web = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web-wrapper.nix {
-    conf = config.element-web.conf or { };
-  };
-
   elm-github-install = callPackage ../tools/package-management/elm-github-install { };
 
   espanso-wayland = espanso.override {