1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
index eee1f63ebdcc..191b3690c02f 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/xfce.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, utils, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
 let
   cfg = config.services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce;
+  excludePackages = config.environment.xfce.excludePackages;
 
 in
 {
@@ -69,10 +70,17 @@ in
         description = lib.mdDoc "Enable the XFCE screensaver.";
       };
     };
+
+    environment.xfce.excludePackages = mkOption {
+      default = [];
+      example = literalExpression "[ pkgs.xfce.xfce4-volumed-pulse ]";
+      type = types.listOf types.package;
+      description = lib.mdDoc "Which packages XFCE should exclude from the default environment";
+    };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs.xfce // pkgs; [
+    environment.systemPackages = utils.removePackagesByName (with pkgs.xfce // pkgs; [
       glib # for gsettings
       gtk3.out # gtk-update-icon-cache
 
@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ in
       ] ++ optionals (!cfg.noDesktop) [
         xfce4-panel
         xfdesktop
-      ] ++ optional cfg.enableScreensaver xfce4-screensaver;
+      ] ++ optional cfg.enableScreensaver xfce4-screensaver) excludePackages;
 
     programs.xfconf.enable = true;
     programs.thunar.enable = true;
@@ -165,9 +173,9 @@ in
     programs.zsh.vteIntegration = mkDefault true;
 
     # Systemd services
-    systemd.packages = with pkgs.xfce; [
+    systemd.packages = utils.removePackagesByName (with pkgs.xfce; [
       xfce4-notifyd
-    ];
+    ]) excludePackages;
 
     security.pam.services.xfce4-screensaver.unixAuth = cfg.enableScreensaver;
   };