diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix
index b9ca6bd4ba8d..026e9a9a2e4a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ let
     extraGSettingsOverrides = cfg.extraGSettingsOverrides;
   };
 
+  notExcluded = pkg: (!(lib.elem pkg config.environment.pantheon.excludePackages));
 in
 
 {
@@ -288,8 +289,8 @@ in
     })
 
     (mkIf serviceCfg.apps.enable {
-      programs.evince.enable = mkDefault true;
-      programs.file-roller.enable = mkDefault true;
+      programs.evince.enable = mkDefault (notExcluded pkgs.gnome.evince);
+      programs.file-roller.enable = mkDefault (notExcluded pkgs.gnome.file-roller);
 
       environment.systemPackages = utils.removePackagesByName ([
         pkgs.gnome.gnome-font-viewer
diff --git a/nixos/tests/pantheon.nix b/nixos/tests/pantheon.nix
index f8de2eb8061d..d2a4a009af53 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/pantheon.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/pantheon.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ...} :
     services.xserver.enable = true;
     services.xserver.desktopManager.pantheon.enable = true;
 
+    # We ship pantheon.appcenter by default when this is enabled.
+    services.flatpak.enable = true;
+
+    # We don't ship gnome-text-editor in Pantheon module, we add this line mainly
+    # to catch eval issues related to this option.
+    environment.pantheon.excludePackages = [ pkgs.gnome-text-editor ];
+
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.xdotool ];
   };