diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/default.nix
index f302fd994025..a3dd5a694373 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/default.nix
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   preInstall = ''
-    # Install our override for plank dockitems as Appcenter and Tasks is not ready to be preinstalled.
-    # For Appcenter, see: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/70214.
-    # For Tasks, see: https://github.com/elementary/tasks/issues/243#issuecomment-846259496
+    # Install our override for plank dockitems as Appcenter is not ready to be preinstalled.
+    # See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/70214.
     schema_dir=$out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
     install -D ${./overrides/plank-dockitems.gschema.override} $schema_dir/plank-dockitems.gschema.override
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/launchers/io.elementary.tasks.dockitem b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/launchers/io.elementary.tasks.dockitem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a98825afcb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/launchers/io.elementary.tasks.dockitem
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[PlankDockItemPreferences]
+Launcher=file:///run/current-system/sw/share/applications/io.elementary.tasks.desktop
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/overrides/plank-dockitems.gschema.override b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/overrides/plank-dockitems.gschema.override
index b3ca51853b79..426368e8473b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/overrides/plank-dockitems.gschema.override
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-default-settings/overrides/plank-dockitems.gschema.override
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [net.launchpad.plank.dock.settings]
-dock-items=['gala-multitaskingview.dockitem','org.gnome.Epiphany.dockitem','io.elementary.mail.dockitem','io.elementary.calendar.dockitem','io.elementary.music.dockitem','io.elementary.videos.dockitem','io.elementary.photos.dockitem','io.elementary.switchboard.dockitem']
+dock-items=['gala-multitaskingview.dockitem','org.gnome.Epiphany.dockitem','io.elementary.mail.dockitem','io.elementary.tasks.dockitem','io.elementary.calendar.dockitem','io.elementary.music.dockitem','io.elementary.videos.dockitem','io.elementary.photos.dockitem','io.elementary.switchboard.dockitem']