diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
index d8ccb7ca65d..341ab34220c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ in
       };
 
       webapps = mkOption {
-        type = types.listOf types.package;
+        type = types.listOf types.path;
         default = [ tomcat.webapps ];
         defaultText = "[ pkgs.tomcat85.webapps ]";
         description = "List containing WAR files or directories with WAR files which are web applications to be deployed on Tomcat";