diff --git a/pkgs/common-updater/update-script.nix b/pkgs/common-updater/generic-updater.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/common-updater/update-script.nix
rename to pkgs/common-updater/generic-updater.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index e90eaa47e82..0eb66b170aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   #### NixOS support
 
-  updateScript = callPackage ../../common-updater/update-script.nix { };
+  updateScript = pkgs.genericUpdater;
 
   gitLister = url:
     "${pkgs.common-updater-scripts}/bin/list-git-tags ${url}";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 31ca58f34ac..562d27462c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ in
 
   common-updater-scripts = callPackage ../common-updater/scripts.nix { };
 
+  genericUpdater = callPackage ../common-updater/generic-updater.nix { };
+
   ### Push NixOS tests inside the fixed point
 
   nixosTests = import ../../nixos/tests/all-tests.nix {