diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
index 04f4f78de45e..b115451e0818 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ in
         # Needed by Xfce's xinitrc script
         xdg-user-dirs # Update user dirs as described in https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
 
-        xfce.exo
+        xfce4-exo
         xfce.garcon
         libxfce4ui
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-exo/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/exo/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-exo/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto/default.nix
index 4c27e4d0056c..a31ad58933bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/ristretto/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   cairo,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   gtk3,
   libexif,
   libxfce4ui,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     cairo
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     glib
     gtk3
     libexif
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfburn/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfburn/default.nix
index a3b816c1a65d..75e0fb873755 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfburn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfburn/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   gst_all_1,
   gtk3,
   libburn,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     glib
     gst_all_1.gstreamer
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix
index 9d1264a8ed1e..d539966335bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-screenshooter/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   wayland-scanner,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   gtk3,
   gtk-layer-shell,
   libX11,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     gtk3
     gtk-layer-shell
     libX11
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman/default.nix
index 777f845b3de1..995d77c07bd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-volman/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   xfce4-dev-tools,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   gtk3,
   libgudev,
   libxfce4ui,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     gtk3
     libgudev
     libxfce4ui
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix
index acb8c43afd8a..f52ce309c469 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitLab,
   docbook_xsl,
   gettext,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   gdk-pixbuf,
   gtk3,
   libexif,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     gdk-pixbuf
     gtk3
     libX11
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   preFixup = ''
     gappsWrapperArgs+=(
       # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/329688
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ exo ]}
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xfce4-exo ]}
     )
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/default.nix
index fe8cfc0a1b33..1b9a92bd8fc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-panel/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   xfce4-dev-tools,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   cairo,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   garcon,
   gtk-layer-shell,
   gtk3,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     cairo
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     garcon
     gtk-layer-shell
     libdbusmenu-gtk3
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix
index 9df164019861..05dbbb9848b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   xfce4-dev-tools,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   polkit,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   libxfce4util,
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4windowing,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     gtk3
     gtk-layer-shell
     glib
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings/default.nix
index 2fc5f5dddd95..dbc5078e6499 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-settings/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   xfce4-dev-tools,
   wayland-scanner,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   garcon,
   gtk3,
   gtk-layer-shell,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     garcon
     glib
     gtk3
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
index 5e669868a5a8..9c8e0e2793d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfdesktop/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   xfce4-dev-tools,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   gtk3,
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     gtk3
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 767340586773..b47923865891 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
     {
       #### CORE
 
-      exo = callPackage ./core/exo { };
-
       garcon = callPackage ./core/garcon { };
 
       libxfce4windowing = callPackage ./core/libxfce4windowing { };
@@ -170,6 +168,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
 }
 // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
   # These aliases need to be placed outside the scope or they will shadow the attributes from parent scope.
+  exo = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.exo’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-exo’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-exo; # Added on 2025-12-23
   libxfce4ui = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.libxfce4ui’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.libxfce4ui’ directly" pkgs.libxfce4ui; # Added on 2025-12-23
   libxfce4util = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.libxfce4util’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.libxfce4util’ directly" pkgs.libxfce4util; # Added on 2025-12-23
   xfce4-dev-tools = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-dev-tools’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools; # Added on 2025-12-23
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/default.nix
index aba48cca097a..9d7419d6df74 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   xfce4-panel,
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   glib,
   gtk3,
   gnutls,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
     xfce4-panel
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     glib
     gtk3
     gnutls
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
index 46aa33786756..36bcd05f03f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   fetchFromGitLab,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   gtk3,
   libcanberra,
   libpulseaudio,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     glib
     gtk3
     keybinder3
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix
index ca30bb25da43..9652f3e5d14b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   accountsservice,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   garcon,
   glib,
   gtk-layer-shell,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     accountsservice
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     garcon
     glib
     gtk-layer-shell
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/vcs/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/vcs/default.nix
index 086c259c6d85..e7ecbbd05a72 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/vcs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/vcs/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   thunar,
-  exo,
+  xfce4-exo,
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
   gtk3,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     thunar
-    exo
+    xfce4-exo
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
     gtk3