diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/cinny/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinny-unwrapped/package.nix
similarity index 70%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/cinny/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ci/cinny-unwrapped/package.nix
index f13c286acb57..42c4bf390493 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/cinny/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinny-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
-{ lib
-, buildNpmPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, writeText
-, jq
-, python3
-, pkg-config
-, pixman
-, cairo
-, pango
-, stdenv
-, darwin
-, conf ? { }
+{
+  lib,
+  buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  python3,
+  pkg-config,
+  pixman,
+  cairo,
+  pango,
+  stdenv,
+  darwin,
 }:
 
-let
-  configOverrides = writeText "cinny-config-overrides.json" (builtins.toJSON conf);
-in
 buildNpmPackage rec {
-  pname = "cinny";
+  pname = "cinny-unwrapped";
   version = "4.0.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -35,7 +30,6 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   ) "-D_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_LIBRARY_ALIGNED_ALLOCATION=1";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    jq
     python3
     pkg-config
   ];
@@ -44,15 +38,12 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     pixman
     cairo
     pango
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreText
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreText ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
     cp -r dist $out
-    jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' "config.json" "${configOverrides}" > "$out/config.json"
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinny/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinny/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df494780e81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinny/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  cinny-unwrapped,
+  jq,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+  writeText,
+  conf ? { },
+}:
+let
+  configOverrides = writeText "cinny-config-overrides.json" (builtins.toJSON conf);
+in
+if (conf == { }) then
+  cinny-unwrapped
+else
+  stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "cinny";
+    inherit (cinny-unwrapped) version meta;
+
+    dontUnpack = true;
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ jq ];
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+
+      mkdir -p $out
+      ln -s ${cinny-unwrapped}/* $out
+      rm $out/config.json
+      jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' "${cinny-unwrapped}/config.json" "${configOverrides}" > "$out/config.json"
+
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b03595240061..1782622b2569 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4484,8 +4484,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cht-sh = callPackage ../tools/misc/cht.sh { };
 
-  cinny = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/cinny { };
-
   cinny-desktop = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/cinny-desktop { };
 
   ckbcomp = callPackage ../tools/X11/ckbcomp { };