diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/loki/promtail.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/loki/promtail.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8539ee60a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/loki/promtail.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ lib, grafana-loki }:
+
+grafana-loki.overrideAttrs (o: {
+  pname = "promtail";
+  subPackages = ["clients/cmd/promtail"];
+  CGO_ENABLED = 1;
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 547ca93ef8d..b51c0bbbe3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23219,15 +23219,10 @@ with pkgs;
   grafana-agent = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/grafana-agent { };
 
   grafana-loki = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/loki { };
+  promtail = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/loki/promtail.nix { };
 
   mimir = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/mimir { };
 
-  promtail = grafana-loki.overrideAttrs (o: {
-    pname = "promtail";
-    subPackages = ["clients/cmd/promtail"];
-    CGO_ENABLED = 1;
-  });
-
   grafana_reporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/grafana-reporter { };
 
   grafana-image-renderer = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/grafana-image-renderer { };