diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-session/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-session/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-session/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index ec60a8e4d2ad..4f5c719ec06b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
     {
       #### CORE
 
-      xfce4-session = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session { };
-
       xfce4-settings = callPackage ./core/xfce4-settings { };
 
       xfce4-power-manager = callPackage ./core/xfce4-power-manager { };
@@ -104,6 +102,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
   thunar-unwrapped = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-unwrapped’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-unwrapped’ directly" pkgs.thunar-unwrapped; # Added on 2025-12-26
   thunar-volman = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-volman’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-volman’ directly" pkgs.thunar-volman; # Added on 2025-12-26
   tumbler = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.tumbler’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.tumbler’ directly" pkgs.tumbler; # Added on 2025-12-26
+  xfce4-session = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-session’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-session’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-session; # Added on 2025-12-26
 
   thunar-archive-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-archive-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-archive-plugin’ directly" pkgs.thunar-archive-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-26
   thunar-dropbox-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-dropbox-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-dropbox-plugin’ directly" pkgs.thunar-dropbox-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-26