diff --git a/plugins/by-name/efmls-configs/default.nix b/plugins/by-name/efmls-configs/default.nix
index 061275f0..bf7c2f4a 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/efmls-configs/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/efmls-configs/default.nix
@@ -1,114 +1,128 @@
 {
   lib,
-  helpers,
   config,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
-let
-  tools = lib.importJSON ../../../generated/efmls-configs-sources.json;
-  inherit (import ./packages.nix lib) packaged;
-in
-{
-  options.plugins.efmls-configs = {
-    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "efmls-configs, premade configurations for efm-langserver";
+lib.nixvim.plugins.mkNeovimPlugin {
+  name = "efmls-configs";
+  package = "efmls-configs-nvim";
+  description = "Premade configurations for efm-langserver.";
+  maintainers = [ ];
 
-    package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "efmls-configs-nvim" {
-      default = [
-        "vimPlugins"
-        "efmls-configs-nvim"
-      ];
-    };
+  dependencies = [
+    "efm-langserver"
+  ];
+  imports = [
+    # TODO: added 2025-10-23, remove after 26.05
+    (lib.nixvim.mkRemovedPackageOptionModule {
+      plugin = "efmls-configs";
+      oldPackageName = "efmLangServer";
+      packageName = "efm-langserver";
+    })
 
-    externallyManagedPackages = lib.mkOption {
-      type = with lib.types; either (enum [ "all" ]) (listOf str);
-      description = ''
-        Linters/Formatters to skip installing with nixvim. Set to `all` to install no packages
-      '';
-      default = [ ];
-    };
+    # Propagate setup warnings
+    { inherit (config.plugins.efmls-configs.setup) warnings; }
+  ];
 
-    toolPackages = lib.pipe packaged [
-      # Produce package a option for each tool
-      (lib.attrsets.mapAttrs (
-        name: loc:
-        lib.mkPackageOption pkgs name {
-          nullable = true;
-          default = loc;
-        }
-      ))
-      # Filter package defaults that are not compatible with the current platform
-      (lib.attrsets.mapAttrs (
-        _: opt:
-        opt
-        // {
-          default = if lib.meta.availableOn pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform opt.default then opt.default else null;
-          defaultText = lib.literalMD ''
-            `${opt.defaultText.text}` if available on the current system, otherwise null
-          '';
-        }
-      ))
-    ];
+  hasSettings = false;
+  callSetup = false;
 
-    /*
-      Users can set the options as follows:
-
-      {
-        c = {
-          linter = "cppcheck";
-          formatter = ["clang-format" "uncrustify"];
-        };
-        go = {
-          linter = ["djlint" "golangci_lint"];
-        };
-      }
-    */
-    setup = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.submodule {
-        freeformType = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.anything;
-
-        options = lib.mapAttrs (
-          _:
-          lib.mapAttrs (
-            kind:
-            { lang, possible }:
-            let
-              toolType = lib.types.maybeRaw (lib.types.enum possible);
-            in
-            lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.either toolType (lib.types.listOf toolType);
-              default = [ ];
-              description = "${kind} tools for ${lang}";
-            }
-          )
-        ) tools;
-
-        # Added 2025-06-25 in https://github.com/nix-community/nixvim/pull/3503
-        imports =
-          map (name: lib.mkRenamedOptionModule [ name ] [ (lib.toLower name) ]) [
-            "HTML"
-            "JSON"
-          ]
-          ++ lib.singleton {
-            # NOTE: we need a warnings option for `mkRenamedOptionModule` to warn about unexpected definitions
-            # This can be removed when all rename aliases are gone
-            options.warnings = lib.mkOption {
-              type = with lib.types; listOf str;
-              description = "Warnings to propagate to nixvim's `warnings` option.";
-              default = [ ];
-              internal = true;
-              visible = false;
-            };
-          };
-      };
-      description = "Configuration for each filetype. Use `all` to match any filetype.";
-      default = { };
-    };
-  };
-  config =
+  extraOptions =
     let
-      cfg = config.plugins.efmls-configs;
+      inherit (import ./packages.nix lib) packaged;
+      tools = lib.importJSON ../../../generated/efmls-configs-sources.json;
+    in
+    {
+      externallyManagedPackages = lib.mkOption {
+        type = with lib.types; either (enum [ "all" ]) (listOf str);
+        description = ''
+          Linters/Formatters to skip installing with nixvim. Set to `all` to install no packages
+        '';
+        default = [ ];
+      };
 
+      toolPackages = lib.pipe packaged [
+        # Produce package a option for each tool
+        (lib.attrsets.mapAttrs (
+          name: loc:
+          lib.mkPackageOption pkgs name {
+            nullable = true;
+            default = loc;
+          }
+        ))
+        # Filter package defaults that are not compatible with the current platform
+        (lib.attrsets.mapAttrs (
+          _: opt:
+          opt
+          // {
+            default = if lib.meta.availableOn pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform opt.default then opt.default else null;
+            defaultText = lib.literalMD ''
+              `${opt.defaultText.text}` if available on the current system, otherwise null
+            '';
+          }
+        ))
+      ];
+
+      /*
+        Users can set the options as follows:
+
+        {
+          c = {
+            linter = "cppcheck";
+            formatter = ["clang-format" "uncrustify"];
+          };
+          go = {
+            linter = ["djlint" "golangci_lint"];
+          };
+        }
+      */
+      setup = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.submodule {
+          freeformType = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.anything;
+
+          options = lib.mapAttrs (
+            _:
+            lib.mapAttrs (
+              kind:
+              { lang, possible }:
+              let
+                toolType = lib.types.maybeRaw (lib.types.enum possible);
+              in
+              lib.mkOption {
+                type = lib.types.either toolType (lib.types.listOf toolType);
+                default = [ ];
+                description = "${kind} tools for ${lang}";
+              }
+            )
+          ) tools;
+
+          # Added 2025-06-25 in https://github.com/nix-community/nixvim/pull/3503
+          imports =
+            map (name: lib.mkRenamedOptionModule [ name ] [ (lib.toLower name) ]) [
+              "HTML"
+              "JSON"
+            ]
+            ++ lib.singleton {
+              # NOTE: we need a warnings option for `mkRenamedOptionModule` to warn about unexpected definitions
+              # This can be removed when all rename aliases are gone
+              options.warnings = lib.mkOption {
+                type = with lib.types; listOf str;
+                description = "Warnings to propagate to nixvim's `warnings` option.";
+                default = [ ];
+                internal = true;
+                visible = false;
+              };
+            };
+        };
+        description = "Configuration for each filetype. Use `all` to match any filetype.";
+        default = { };
+      };
+    };
+
+  extraConfig =
+    cfg:
+    let
       # Tools that have been selected by the user
       tools = lib.lists.unique (
         lib.filter lib.isString (
@@ -152,7 +166,7 @@ in
       mkToolValue =
         kind: opt:
         map (
-          tool: if lib.isString tool then helpers.mkRaw "require 'efmls-configs.${kind}.${tool}'" else tool
+          tool: if lib.isString tool then lib.nixvim.mkRaw "require 'efmls-configs.${kind}.${tool}'" else tool
         ) (lib.toList opt);
 
       setupOptions =
@@ -177,9 +191,7 @@ in
             (mkToolValue "linters" cfg.setup.all.linter) ++ (mkToolValue "formatters" cfg.setup.all.formatter);
         };
     in
-    lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-      extraPlugins = [ cfg.package ];
-
+    {
       # TODO: print the location of the offending options
       warnings = lib.nixvim.mkWarnings "plugins.efmls-configs" {
         when = nixvimPkgs.wrong != [ ];
@@ -196,20 +208,5 @@ in
       };
 
       extraPackages = map (name: cfg.toolPackages.${name}) nixvimPkgs.right;
-      dependencies.efm-langserver.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
     };
-
-  imports = [
-    {
-      # Propagate setup warnings
-      inherit (config.plugins.efmls-configs.setup) warnings;
-    }
-
-    # TODO: added 2025-10-23, remove after 26.05
-    (lib.nixvim.mkRemovedPackageOptionModule {
-      plugin = "efmls-configs";
-      oldPackageName = "efmLangServer";
-      packageName = "efm-langserver";
-    })
-  ];
 }