diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
index 1aba25914f51..11cb298708ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
@@ -2079,22 +2079,7 @@ let
 
       github.copilot = callPackage ./github.copilot { };
 
-      github.copilot-chat = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
-        mktplcRef = {
-          publisher = "github";
-          name = "copilot-chat";
-          # Verify which version is available with nix run nixpkgs#vsce -- show github.copilot-chat --json
-          version = "0.26.7"; # latest compatible with vscode ^1.98
-          hash = "sha256-aR6AGU/boDmYef0GWna5sUsyv9KYGCkugWpFIusDMNE=";
-        };
-        meta = {
-          description = "GitHub Copilot Chat is a companion extension to GitHub Copilot that houses experimental chat features";
-          downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot-chat";
-          homepage = "https://github.com/features/copilot";
-          license = lib.licenses.unfree;
-          maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.laurent-f1z1 ];
-        };
-      };
+      github.copilot-chat = callPackage ./github.copilot-chat { };
 
       github.github-vscode-theme = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
         mktplcRef = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f755d180df21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  vscode-utils,
+}:
+
+vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
+  mktplcRef = {
+    publisher = "github";
+    name = "copilot-chat";
+    version = "0.26.7";
+    hash = "sha256-aR6AGU/boDmYef0GWna5sUsyv9KYGCkugWpFIusDMNE=";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GitHub Copilot Chat is a companion extension to GitHub Copilot that houses experimental chat features";
+    downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot-chat";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/features/copilot";
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.laurent-f1z1 ];
+  };
+}