diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/healthchecks.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/healthchecks.nix
index 3b541e12481b..b92525075541 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/healthchecks.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/healthchecks.nix
@@ -104,11 +104,16 @@ in
         See <https://healthchecks.io/docs/self_hosted_configuration/>
         for a full documentation of settings.
 
-        We add two variables to this list inside the packages `local_settings.py.`
-        - STATIC_ROOT to set a state directory for dynamically generated static files.
-        - SECRET_KEY_FILE to read SECRET_KEY from a file at runtime and keep it out of /nix/store.
-        - EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE to read EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD from a file at runtime and keep it
-          out of /nix/store.
+        We add additional variables to this list inside the packages `local_settings.py.`
+        - `STATIC_ROOT` to set a state directory for dynamically generated static files.
+        - `SECRET_KEY_FILE` to read `SECRET_KEY` from a file at runtime and keep it out of
+          /nix/store.
+        - `_FILE` variants for several values that hold sensitive information in
+          [Healthchecks configuration](https://healthchecks.io/docs/self_hosted_configuration/) so
+          that they also can be read from a file and kept out of /nix/store. To see which values
+          have support for a `_FILE` variant, run:
+          - `nix-instantiate --eval --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).healthchecks.secrets'`
+          - or `nix eval 'nixpkgs#healthchecks.secrets'` if the flake support has been enabled.
       '';
       type = types.submodule (settings: {
         freeformType = types.attrsOf types.str;
@@ -165,12 +170,6 @@ in
             '';
             description = lib.mdDoc "Database name.";
           };
-
-          EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE = mkOption {
-            type = types.str;
-            default = "";
-            description = lib.mdDoc "Path to a file containing the email password.";
-          };
         };
       });
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/healthchecks/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/healthchecks/default.nix
index 59ddf659832b..193452c4354c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/healthchecks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/healthchecks/default.nix
@@ -39,20 +39,36 @@ py.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     whitenoise
   ];
 
+  secrets = [
+    "DB_PASSWORD"
+    "DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET"
+    "EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD"
+    "LINENOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET"
+    "MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN"
+    "PD_APP_ID"
+    "PUSHBULLET_CLIENT_SECRET"
+    "PUSHOVER_API_TOKEN"
+    "S3_SECRET_KEY"
+    "SECRET_KEY"
+    "SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET"
+    "TELEGRAM_TOKEN"
+    "TRELLO_APP_KEY"
+    "TWILIO_AUTH"
+  ];
+
   localSettings = writeText "local_settings.py" ''
     import os
 
     STATIC_ROOT = os.getenv("STATIC_ROOT")
 
-    SECRET_KEY_FILE = os.getenv("SECRET_KEY_FILE")
-    if SECRET_KEY_FILE:
-        with open(SECRET_KEY_FILE, "r") as file:
-            SECRET_KEY = file.readline()
-
-    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE = os.getenv("EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE")
-    if EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE:
-        with open(EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE, "r") as file:
-            EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = file.readline()
+    ${lib.concatLines (map
+      (secret: ''
+        ${secret}_FILE = os.getenv("${secret}_FILE")
+        if ${secret}_FILE:
+            with open(${secret}_FILE, "r") as file:
+                ${secret} = file.readline()
+      '')
+      secrets)}
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''