diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
index 144cb00e480e..59006a26cfcc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, utils, ... }:
 
 let
   xcfg = config.services.xserver;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let
   inherit (libsForQt5) kdeGear kdeFrameworks plasma5;
   inherit (pkgs) writeText;
   inherit (lib)
-    getBin optionalString
+    getBin optionalString literalExpression
     mkRemovedOptionModule mkRenamedOptionModule
     mkDefault mkIf mkMerge mkOption types;
 
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ in
       default = false;
     };
 
+    excludePackages = mkOption {
+      description = "List of default packages to exclude from the configuration";
+      type = types.listOf types.package;
+      default = [];
+      example = literalExpression "[ pkgs.plasma5Packages.oxygen ]";
+    };
+
     # Internally allows configuring kdeglobals globally
     kdeglobals = mkOption {
       internal = true;
@@ -263,89 +270,94 @@ in
       environment.systemPackages =
         with libsForQt5;
         with plasma5; with kdeGear; with kdeFrameworks;
-        [
-          frameworkintegration
-          kactivities
-          kauth
-          kcmutils
-          kconfig
-          kconfigwidgets
-          kcoreaddons
-          kdoctools
-          kdbusaddons
-          kdeclarative
-          kded
-          kdesu
-          kdnssd
-          kemoticons
-          kfilemetadata
-          kglobalaccel
-          kguiaddons
-          kiconthemes
-          kidletime
-          kimageformats
-          kinit
-          kirigami2 # In system profile for SDDM theme. TODO: wrapper.
-          kio
-          kjobwidgets
-          knewstuff
-          knotifications
-          knotifyconfig
-          kpackage
-          kparts
-          kpeople
-          krunner
-          kservice
-          ktextwidgets
-          kwallet
-          kwallet-pam
-          kwalletmanager
-          kwayland
-          kwayland-integration
-          kwidgetsaddons
-          kxmlgui
-          kxmlrpcclient
-          plasma-framework
-          solid
-          sonnet
-          threadweaver
+        let
+          requiredPackages = [
+            frameworkintegration
+            kactivities
+            kauth
+            kcmutils
+            kconfig
+            kconfigwidgets
+            kcoreaddons
+            kdoctools
+            kdbusaddons
+            kdeclarative
+            kded
+            kdesu
+            kdnssd
+            kemoticons
+            kfilemetadata
+            kglobalaccel
+            kguiaddons
+            kiconthemes
+            kidletime
+            kimageformats
+            kinit
+            kirigami2 # In system profile for SDDM theme. TODO: wrapper.
+            kio
+            kjobwidgets
+            knewstuff
+            knotifications
+            knotifyconfig
+            kpackage
+            kparts
+            kpeople
+            krunner
+            kservice
+            ktextwidgets
+            kwallet
+            kwallet-pam
+            kwalletmanager
+            kwayland
+            kwayland-integration
+            kwidgetsaddons
+            kxmlgui
+            kxmlrpcclient
+            plasma-framework
+            solid
+            sonnet
+            threadweaver
 
-          breeze-qt5
-          kactivitymanagerd
-          kde-cli-tools
-          kdecoration
-          kdeplasma-addons
-          kgamma5
-          khotkeys
-          kscreen
-          kscreenlocker
-          kwayland
-          kwin
-          kwrited
-          libkscreen
-          libksysguard
-          milou
-          plasma-browser-integration
-          plasma-integration
-          polkit-kde-agent
+            breeze-qt5
+            kactivitymanagerd
+            kde-cli-tools
+            kdecoration
+            kdeplasma-addons
+            kgamma5
+            khotkeys
+            kscreen
+            kscreenlocker
+            kwayland
+            kwin
+            kwrited
+            libkscreen
+            libksysguard
+            milou
+            plasma-integration
+            polkit-kde-agent
 
-          plasma-desktop
-          plasma-workspace
-          plasma-workspace-wallpapers
+            plasma-desktop
+            plasma-workspace
+            plasma-workspace-wallpapers
 
-          konsole
-          oxygen
+            breeze-icons
+            pkgs.hicolor-icon-theme
 
-          breeze-icons
-          pkgs.hicolor-icon-theme
+            kde-gtk-config
+            breeze-gtk
 
-          kde-gtk-config
-          breeze-gtk
+            qtvirtualkeyboard
 
-          qtvirtualkeyboard
-
-          pkgs.xdg-user-dirs # Update user dirs as described in https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
-        ]
+            pkgs.xdg-user-dirs # Update user dirs as described in https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
+          ];
+          optionalPackages = [
+            plasma-browser-integration
+            konsole
+            oxygen
+          ];
+        in
+        requiredPackages
+        ++ utils.removePackagesByName optionalPackages cfg.excludePackages
 
         # Phonon audio backend
         ++ lib.optional (cfg.phononBackend == "gstreamer") libsForQt5.phonon-backend-gstreamer
@@ -457,27 +469,29 @@ in
       environment.systemPackages =
         with libsForQt5;
         with plasma5; with kdeGear; with kdeFrameworks;
-        [
-          ksystemstats
-          kinfocenter
-          kmenuedit
-          plasma-systemmonitor
-          spectacle
-          systemsettings
+        let
+          requiredPackages = [
+            ksystemstats
+            kinfocenter
+            kmenuedit
+            plasma-systemmonitor
+            spectacle
+            systemsettings
 
-          dolphin
-          dolphin-plugins
-          ffmpegthumbs
-          kdegraphics-thumbnailers
-          khelpcenter
-          kio-extras
-          print-manager
-
-          elisa
-          gwenview
-          okular
-        ]
-      ;
+            dolphin
+            dolphin-plugins
+            ffmpegthumbs
+            kdegraphics-thumbnailers
+            kio-extras
+          ];
+          optionalPackages = [
+            elisa
+            gwenview
+            okular
+            khelpcenter
+            print-manager
+          ];
+      in requiredPackages ++ utils.removePackagesByName optionalPackages cfg.excludePackages;
 
       systemd.user.services = {
         plasma-run-with-systemd = {
diff --git a/nixos/tests/plasma5.nix b/nixos/tests/plasma5.nix
index 3358a72570e8..b3836cf641d4 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/plasma5.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/plasma5.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} :
     services.xserver.enable = true;
     services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
     services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasma";
-    services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5 = {
+      enable = true;
+      excludePackages = [ pkgs.plasma5Packages.elisa ];
+    };
     services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin = {
       enable = true;
       user = "alice";
@@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} :
     with subtest("Check that logging in has given the user ownership of devices"):
         machine.succeed("getfacl -p /dev/snd/timer | grep -q ${user.name}")
 
+    with subtest("Ensure Elisa is not installed"):
+        machine.fail("which elisa")
+
     with subtest("Run Dolphin"):
         machine.execute("su - ${user.name} -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 dolphin >&2 &'")
         machine.wait_for_window(" Dolphin")