diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 1e0920bf5aef..865b450b02bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
         libXNVCtrl = linuxPackages.nvidia_x11.settings.libXNVCtrl;
       };
 
-      xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin { };
-
     }
     // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
       #### ALIASES
@@ -148,5 +146,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
   xfce4-weather-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-weather-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-weather-plugin’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-weather-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-19
   xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-19
   xfce4-windowck-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-windowck-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-windowck-plugin’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-windowck-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-19
+  xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-19
 
 }