diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
index f2361a7cf91829e..52c80336e34f1d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@
   libX11,
   nexusmods-app,
   runCommand,
-  enableUnfree ? false, # Set to true to support RAR format mods
 }:
-let
-  _7zzWithOptionalUnfreeRarSupport = _7zz.override { inherit enableUnfree; };
-in
 buildDotnetModule rec {
   pname = "nexusmods-app";
   version = "0.4.1";
@@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
   '';
 
   postPatch = ''
-    ln --force --symbolic "${lib.getExe _7zzWithOptionalUnfreeRarSupport}" src/ArchiveManagement/NexusMods.FileExtractor/runtimes/linux-x64/native/7zz
+    ln --force --symbolic "${lib.getExe _7zz}" src/ArchiveManagement/NexusMods.FileExtractor/runtimes/linux-x64/native/7zz
 
     # for some reason these tests fail (intermittently?) with a zero timestamp
     touch tests/NexusMods.UI.Tests/WorkspaceSystem/*.verified.png
@@ -85,7 +81,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
             "FullyQualifiedName!=NexusMods.UI.Tests.ImageCacheTests.Test_LoadAndCache_RemoteImage"
             "FullyQualifiedName!=NexusMods.UI.Tests.ImageCacheTests.Test_LoadAndCache_ImageStoredFile"
           ]
-          ++ lib.optionals (!enableUnfree) [
+          ++ lib.optionals (!_7zz.meta.unfree) [
             "FullyQualifiedName!=NexusMods.Games.FOMOD.Tests.FomodXmlInstallerTests.InstallsFilesSimple_UsingRar"
           ]
         )
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7c55c361b0fbae9..f99aef7bc49e727 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18792,9 +18792,14 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nix-build-uncached = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/nix-build-uncached { };
 
-  nexusmods-app-unfree = callPackage ../by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix {
-    enableUnfree = true;
-  };
+  nexusmods-app-unfree =
+    (pkgs.nexusmods-app.overrideAttrs {
+      pname = "nexusmods-app-unfree";
+    }).override (prev: {
+      _7zz = prev._7zz.override {
+        enableUnfree = true;
+      };
+    });
 
   nmrpflash = callPackage ../development/embedded/nmrpflash { };