diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/applications.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/applications.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a77d3f8bf5d8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/applications.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, newScope, wayfirePlugins }:
-
-lib.makeExtensible (self: with self; {
-  inherit wayfirePlugins;
-
-  callPackage = newScope self;
-
-  wayfire = callPackage ./. { };
-
-  wcm = callPackage ./wcm.nix {
-    inherit (wayfirePlugins) wf-shell;
-  };
-
-  wrapWayfireApplication = callPackage ./wrapper.nix { };
-
-  withPlugins = selector: self // {
-    wayfire = wrapWayfireApplication wayfire selector;
-    wcm = wrapWayfireApplication wcm selector;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix
index f03cf5255c8f..111a8c87dd78 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-{ newScope, wayfire }:
+{ lib, pkgs }:
 
-let
-  self = with self; {
-    inherit wayfire;
-
-    callPackage = newScope self;
-
-    wf-shell = callPackage ./wf-shell.nix { };
+lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self:
+  let
+    inherit (self) callPackage;
+  in {
     wayfire-plugins-extra = callPackage ./wayfire-plugins-extra.nix { };
-  };
-in
-self
+    wcm = callPackage ./wcm.nix { };
+    wf-shell = callPackage ./wf-shell.nix { };
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wrapper.nix
index e972929237d4..35bb3ad15837 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,32 @@
-{ runCommand, lib, makeWrapper, wayfirePlugins }:
+{ symlinkJoin, lib, makeWrapper, wayfire, plugins ? [ ] }:
 
-let
-  inherit (lib) escapeShellArg makeBinPath;
+symlinkJoin {
+  name = "wayfire-wrapped-${lib.getVersion wayfire}";
 
-  xmlPath = plugin: "${plugin}/share/wayfire/metadata/wf-shell";
-
-  makePluginPath = lib.makeLibraryPath;
-  makePluginXMLPath = lib.concatMapStringsSep ":" xmlPath;
-in
-
-application:
-
-choosePlugins:
-
-let
-  plugins = choosePlugins wayfirePlugins;
-in
-
-runCommand "${application.name}-wrapped" {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  passthru = application.passthru // {
-    unwrapped = application;
+  paths = [
+    wayfire
+  ] ++ plugins;
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    for binary in $out/bin/*; do
+      wrapProgram $binary \
+        --prefix WAYFIRE_PLUGIN_PATH : $out/lib/wayfire \
+        --prefix WAYFIRE_PLUGIN_XML_PATH : $out/share/wayfire/metadata
+    done
+  '';
+
+  preferLocalBuild = true;
+
+  passthru = wayfire.passthru // {
+    unwrapped = wayfire;
   };
 
-  inherit (application) meta;
-} ''
-  mkdir -p $out/bin
-  for bin in ${application}/bin/*
-  do
-      makeWrapper "$bin" $out/bin/''${bin##*/} \
-          --suffix PATH : ${escapeShellArg (makeBinPath plugins)} \
-          --suffix WAYFIRE_PLUGIN_PATH : ${escapeShellArg (makePluginPath plugins)} \
-          --suffix WAYFIRE_PLUGIN_XML_PATH : ${escapeShellArg (makePluginXMLPath plugins)}
-  done
-  find ${application} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -name bin \
-      -exec ln -s '{}' $out ';'
-''
+  meta = wayfire.meta // {
+    # To prevent builds on hydra
+    hydraPlatforms = [];
+    # prefer wrapper over the package
+    priority = (wayfire.meta.priority or 0) - 1;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 95b9812ded36..3b6bc48c0391 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -36005,22 +36005,20 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wapiti = callPackage ../tools/security/wapiti { };
 
-  wayfireApplications = wayfireApplications-unwrapped.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.wf-shell plugins.wayfire-plugins-extra ]);
-  inherit (wayfireApplications) wayfire wcm;
-  wayfireApplications-unwrapped = recurseIntoAttrs (
-    (callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wayfire/applications.nix { }).
-    extend (_: _: { wlroots = wlroots_0_16; })
-  );
-  wayfirePlugins = recurseIntoAttrs (
-    callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix {
-      inherit (wayfireApplications-unwrapped) wayfire;
-    }
-  );
-
   weave-gitops = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/weave-gitops { };
 
+  wayfire = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wayfire/default.nix {
+    wlroots = wlroots_0_16;
+  };
   wf-config = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wayfire/wf-config.nix { };
 
+  wayfirePlugins = recurseIntoAttrs (
+    callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix { }
+  );
+  wayfire-with-plugins = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wayfire/wrapper.nix {
+    plugins = with wayfirePlugins; [ wcm wf-shell ];
+  };
+
   waypipe = callPackage ../applications/networking/remote/waypipe { };
 
   wayv = callPackage ../tools/X11/wayv { };