diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index 52147129add..3fd8b5b6a2e 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@
 
 - `buildGoModule` `go-modules` attrs have been renamed to `goModules`.
 
+- The `fonts.fonts` option has been renamed to `fonts.packages`.
+
 - `services.fail2ban.jails` can now be configured with attribute sets defining settings and filters instead of lines. The stringed options `daemonConfig` and `extraSettings` have respectively been replaced by `daemonSettings` and `jails.DEFAULT.settings` which use attribute sets.
 
 - The module [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.package) has been switched to [anki-sync-server-rs](https://github.com/ankicommunity/anki-sync-server-rs) from the old python version, which was difficult to update, had not been updated in a while, and did not support recent versions of anki.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fonts.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fonts.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 87cf837e7c8..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fonts.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-  cfg = config.fonts;
-
-  defaultFonts =
-    [ pkgs.dejavu_fonts
-      pkgs.freefont_ttf
-      pkgs.gyre-fonts # TrueType substitutes for standard PostScript fonts
-      pkgs.liberation_ttf
-      pkgs.unifont
-      pkgs.noto-fonts-emoji
-    ];
-in
-{
-  imports = [
-    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "fonts" "enableCoreFonts" ] "Use fonts.fonts = [ pkgs.corefonts ]; instead.")
-  ];
-
-  options = {
-
-    fonts = {
-
-      # TODO: find another name for it.
-      fonts = mkOption {
-        type = types.listOf types.path;
-        default = [];
-        example = literalExpression "[ pkgs.dejavu_fonts ]";
-        description = lib.mdDoc "List of primary font paths.";
-      };
-
-      enableDefaultFonts = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          Enable a basic set of fonts providing several font styles
-          and families and reasonable coverage of Unicode.
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-
-  };
-
-  config = { fonts.fonts = mkIf cfg.enableDefaultFonts defaultFonts; };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/packages.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cedac766fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.fonts;
+in
+{
+  imports = [
+    (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule [ "fonts" "enableCoreFonts" ] "Use fonts.packages = [ pkgs.corefonts ]; instead.")
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule [ "fonts" "fonts" ] [ "fonts" "packages" ])
+  ];
+
+  options = {
+    fonts = {
+      packages = lib.mkOption {
+        type = with lib.types; listOf path;
+        default = [];
+        example = lib.literalExpression "[ pkgs.dejavu_fonts ]";
+        description = lib.mdDoc "List of primary font packages.";
+      };
+
+      enableDefaultFonts = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Enable a basic set of fonts providing several styles
+          and families and reasonable coverage of Unicode.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    fonts.packages = lib.mkIf cfg.enableDefaultFonts (with pkgs; [
+      dejavu_fonts
+      freefont_ttf
+      gyre-fonts # TrueType substitutes for standard PostScript fonts
+      liberation_ttf
+      unifont
+      noto-fonts-emoji
+    ]);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index e6b6d2487d9..3fd466bf846 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   ./config/debug-info.nix
   ./config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
   ./config/fonts/fontdir.nix
-  ./config/fonts/fonts.nix
   ./config/fonts/ghostscript.nix
+  ./config/fonts/packages.nix
   ./config/gnu.nix
   ./config/gtk/gtk-icon-cache.nix
   ./config/i18n.nix