diff --git a/lib/neovim-plugin.nix b/lib/neovim-plugin.nix
index 58d04cb2ae..262365db9d 100644
--- a/lib/neovim-plugin.nix
+++ b/lib/neovim-plugin.nix
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ with lib; rec {
 
   mkNeovimPlugin = config: {
     name,
-    colorscheme ? false,
     maintainers,
     url ? defaultPackage.meta.homepage,
     imports ? [],
     # deprecations
     deprecateExtraOptions ? false,
     optionsRenamedToSettings ? [],
+    # colorscheme
+    isColorscheme ? false,
+    colorscheme ? name,
     # options
     originalName ? name,
     defaultPackage,
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ with lib; rec {
     callSetup ? true,
   }: let
     namespace =
-      if colorscheme
+      if isColorscheme
       then "colorschemes"
       else "plugins";
   in {
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ with lib; rec {
     config = let
       cfg = config.${namespace}.${name};
       extraConfigNamespace =
-        if colorscheme
+        if isColorscheme
         then "extraConfigLuaPre"
         else "extraConfigLua";
     in
@@ -128,10 +130,8 @@ with lib; rec {
               require('${luaName}').setup(${toLuaObject cfg.settings})
             '';
           }
-          (optionalAttrs colorscheme {
-            # We use `mkDefault` here to let individual plugins override this option.
-            # For instance, setting it to `null` a specific way of setting the coloscheme.
-            colorscheme = lib.mkDefault name;
+          (optionalAttrs (isColorscheme && (colorscheme != null)) {
+            inherit colorscheme;
           })
           (extraConfig cfg)
         ]
diff --git a/lib/vim-plugin.nix b/lib/vim-plugin.nix
index c552eaaa2d..04d6230520 100644
--- a/lib/vim-plugin.nix
+++ b/lib/vim-plugin.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 with lib; {
   mkVimPlugin = config: {
     name,
-    colorscheme ? false,
     url ?
       if defaultPackage != null
       then defaultPackage.meta.homepage
@@ -16,6 +15,9 @@ with lib; {
     # deprecations
     deprecateExtraConfig ? false,
     optionsRenamedToSettings ? [],
+    # colorscheme
+    isColorscheme ? false,
+    colorscheme ? name,
     # options
     originalName ? name,
     defaultPackage ? null,
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ with lib; {
     extraPackages ? [],
   }: let
     namespace =
-      if colorscheme
+      if isColorscheme
       then "colorschemes"
       else "plugins";
 
@@ -127,10 +129,8 @@ with lib; {
             # does this evaluate package? it would not be desired to evaluate package if we use another package.
             extraPlugins = extraPlugins ++ optional (defaultPackage != null) cfg.package;
           }
-          (optionalAttrs colorscheme {
-            # We use `mkDefault` here to let individual plugins override this option.
-            # For instance, setting it to `null` a specific way of setting the coloscheme.
-            colorscheme = lib.mkDefault name;
+          (optionalAttrs (isColorscheme && (colorscheme != null)) {
+            inherit colorscheme;
           })
           (extraConfig cfg)
         ]
diff --git a/plugins/colorschemes/ayu.nix b/plugins/colorschemes/ayu.nix
index 1806af1c28..6e08e77333 100644
--- a/plugins/colorschemes/ayu.nix
+++ b/plugins/colorschemes/ayu.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 with lib;
   helpers.neovim-plugin.mkNeovimPlugin config {
     name = "ayu";
-    colorscheme = true;
+    isColorscheme = true;
     originalName = "neovim-ayu";
     defaultPackage = pkgs.vimPlugins.neovim-ayu;
+    # The colorscheme option is set by the `setup` function.
+    colorscheme = null;
     callSetup = false;
 
     maintainers = [maintainers.GaetanLepage];
@@ -42,9 +44,6 @@ with lib;
     };
 
     extraConfig = cfg: {
-      # The colorscheme option is set by the `setup` function.
-      colorscheme = null;
-
       extraConfigLuaPre = ''
         local ayu = require("ayu")
         ayu.setup(${helpers.toLuaObject cfg.settings})
diff --git a/plugins/colorschemes/gruvbox.nix b/plugins/colorschemes/gruvbox.nix
index 1cfdc5f749..bfbaa7bcf3 100644
--- a/plugins/colorschemes/gruvbox.nix
+++ b/plugins/colorschemes/gruvbox.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }:
 helpers.neovim-plugin.mkNeovimPlugin config {
   name = "gruvbox";
-  colorscheme = true;
+  isColorscheme = true;
   originalName = "gruvbox.nvim";
   defaultPackage = pkgs.vimPlugins.gruvbox-nvim;
 
diff --git a/plugins/colorschemes/nord.nix b/plugins/colorschemes/nord.nix
index 84d49936b4..f2963c4515 100644
--- a/plugins/colorschemes/nord.nix
+++ b/plugins/colorschemes/nord.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }:
 helpers.vim-plugin.mkVimPlugin config {
   name = "nord";
-  colorscheme = true;
+  isColorscheme = true;
   originalName = "nord.nvim";
   defaultPackage = pkgs.vimPlugins.nord-nvim;
   globalPrefix = "nord_";