diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/package.nix
index d93e4cb5bdd6..7d709571efb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/package.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ symlinkJoin {
       (lib.filterAttrs (key: script: (builtins.tryEval (lib.isDerivation script)).success))
       # filters "override" "overrideDerivation" "recurseForDerivations"
       (lib.filterAttrs (key: script: lib.isDerivation script))
+      # filters mpv scripts that opt out of this check
+      (lib.filterAttrs (key: script: !(script.passthru.dontCollideCheck or false)))
       # replaces unfree and meta.broken scripts with decent placeholders
       (lib.mapAttrsToList (
         key: script:
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix
index 1e7e4b731c39..362031f19db3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/scripts/modernx-zydezu.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installFonts,
   makeFontsConf,
+  mpvScripts,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 buildLua (finalAttrs: {
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ buildLua (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
+  # FIXME?: collides with mpvScripts.modernx
+  passthru.dontCollideCheck = lib.hasAttr "modernx" mpvScripts;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Modern OSC UI replacement for MPV that retains the functionality of the default OSC";
     changelog = "https://github.com/zydezu/ModernX/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";