diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/qtile.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/qtile.nix
index 700ead836600..4603ca3fb50f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/qtile.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/qtile.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ let
 in
 
 {
+  imports = [
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "windowManager" "qtile" "backend" ] "The qtile package now provides separate display sessions for both X11 and Wayland.")
+  ];
+
   options.services.xserver.windowManager.qtile = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "qtile";
 
@@ -22,14 +26,6 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    backend = mkOption {
-      type = types.enum [ "x11" "wayland" ];
-      default = "x11";
-      description = ''
-          Backend to use in qtile: `x11` or `wayland`.
-      '';
-    };
-
     extraPackages = mkOption {
         type = types.functionTo (types.listOf types.package);
         default = _: [];
@@ -57,25 +53,14 @@ in
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.xserver.windowManager.qtile.finalPackage = pkgs.python3.withPackages (p:
-      [ (cfg.package.unwrapped or cfg.package) ] ++ (cfg.extraPackages p)
-    );
+    services = {
+      xserver.windowManager.qtile.finalPackage = pkgs.python3.pkgs.qtile.override { extraPackages = cfg.extraPackages pkgs.python3.pkgs; };
+      displayManager.sessionPackages = [ cfg.finalPackage ];
+    };
 
-    services.xserver.windowManager.session = [{
-      name = "qtile";
-      start = ''
-        ${cfg.finalPackage}/bin/qtile start -b ${cfg.backend} \
-        ${optionalString (cfg.configFile != null)
-        "--config \"${cfg.configFile}\""} &
-        waitPID=$!
-      '';
-    }];
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [
-      # pkgs.qtile is currently a buildenv of qtile and its dependencies.
-      # For userland commands, we want the underlying package so that
-      # packages such as python don't bleed into userland and overwrite intended behavior.
-      (cfg.package.unwrapped or cfg.package)
-    ];
+    environment = {
+      etc."xdg/qtile/config.py" = mkIf (cfg.configFile != null) { source = cfg.configFile; };
+      systemPackages = [ cfg.finalPackage ];
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/qtile.nix b/nixos/tests/qtile.nix
index b4d8f9d42114..96afaa342c52 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/qtile.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/qtile.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ...} : {
     test-support.displayManager.auto.user = "alice";
 
     services.xserver.windowManager.qtile.enable = true;
-    services.displayManager.defaultSession = lib.mkForce "none+qtile";
+    services.displayManager.defaultSession = lib.mkForce "qtile";
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.kitty ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtile/default.nix
index c252601e8a25..e65aad91904a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtile/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   xcffib,
   xkbcommon,
   nixosTests,
+  extraPackages ? [ ],
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pkg-config
   ];
 
-  dependencies = [
+  dependencies = extraPackages ++ [
     (cairocffi.override { withXcffib = true; })
     dbus-next
     iwlib
@@ -97,6 +98,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     providedSessions = [ "qtile" ];
   };
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    install resources/qtile.desktop -Dt $out/share/xsessions
+    install resources/qtile-wayland.desktop -Dt $out/share/wayland-sessions
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.qtile.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtile/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtile/wrapper.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b4f6e4c2e23b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtile/wrapper.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{ python3 }:
-
-(python3.withPackages (_: [ python3.pkgs.qtile ])).overrideAttrs (_: {
-  # restore some qtile attrs, beautify name
-  inherit (python3.pkgs.qtile) pname version meta;
-  name = with python3.pkgs.qtile; "${pname}-${version}";
-  passthru.unwrapped = python3.pkgs.qtile;
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6f1e79338322..894cc0d9c239 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35074,8 +35074,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qpdfview = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/office/qpdfview { };
 
-  qtile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qtile/wrapper.nix { };
-
   vimgolf = callPackage ../games/vimgolf { };
 
   vimpc = callPackage ../applications/audio/vimpc { };