diff --git a/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix b/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix
index 4b936f473..08b69067c 100644
--- a/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix
+++ b/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ let
     settle ${pkgs.xorg.xhost}/bin/xhost +LOCAL:
     settle ${pkgs.xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge ${import ./Xresources.nix args}
     settle ${pkgs.xorg.xsetroot}/bin/xsetroot -solid '#1c1c1c'
-    exec ${pkgs.xmonad-tv}/bin/xmonad
+    exec ${pkgs.xmonad-tv}/bin/xmonad-tv
   '';
 
   xmonad-stop = pkgs.writeScriptBin "xmonad-stop" ''
     #! /bin/sh
-    exec ${pkgs.xmonad-tv}/bin/xmonad --shutdown
+    exec ${pkgs.xmonad-tv}/bin/xmonad-tv --shutdown
   '';
 
   xserver-environment = {
diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/default.nix b/tv/5pkgs/default.nix
index b520e1a32..05dc02887 100644
--- a/tv/5pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/tv/5pkgs/default.nix
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
     };
     ff = pkgs.callPackage ./ff {};
     viljetic-pages = pkgs.callPackage ./viljetic-pages {};
-    xmonad-tv =
-      let src = pkgs.writeNixFromCabal "xmonad-tv.nix" ./xmonad-tv; in
-      pkgs.haskellPackages.callPackage src {};
+    xmonad-tv = import ./xmonad-tv.nix { inherit pkgs; };
   };
 }
diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/Main.hs b/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv.nix
similarity index 98%
rename from tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/Main.hs
rename to tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv.nix
index 817d0092e..086fd911e 100644
--- a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/Main.hs
+++ b/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+pkgs.writeHaskellBin "xmonad-tv" {
+  depends = [
+    "containers"
+    "unix"
+    "X11"
+    "xmonad"
+    "xmonad-contrib"
+    "xmonad-stockholm"
+  ];
+} ''
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-} -- for XS
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-} -- for xmonad'
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
@@ -278,3 +289,4 @@ wGSConfig = def
 allWorkspaceNames :: W.StackSet i l a sid sd -> X [i]
 allWorkspaceNames ws =
     return $ map W.tag (W.hidden ws) ++ [W.tag $ W.workspace $ W.current ws]
+''
diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/.gitignore b/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 616204547..000000000
--- a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/shell.nix
diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/Makefile b/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index cbb0776e6..000000000
--- a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: ghci
-ghci: shell.nix
-	nix-shell --command 'exec ghci -Wall'
-
-shell.nix: xmonad.cabal
-	cabal2nix --shell . > $@
diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/xmonad.cabal b/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/xmonad.cabal
deleted file mode 100644
index f9ea4dd7d..000000000
--- a/tv/5pkgs/xmonad-tv/xmonad.cabal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Author: tv
-Build-Type: Simple
-Cabal-Version: >= 1.2
-License: MIT
-Name: xmonad-tv
-Version: 0
-
-Executable xmonad
-  Build-Depends:
-    base,
-    containers,
-    unix,
-    X11,
-    xmonad,
-    xmonad-contrib,
-    xmonad-stockholm
-  GHC-Options: -Wall -O3 -threaded -rtsopts
-  Main-Is: Main.hs