diff --git a/modules/dependencies.nix b/modules/dependencies.nix
index 660d3738..a51a8c49 100644
--- a/modules/dependencies.nix
+++ b/modules/dependencies.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ let
     go.default = "go";
     lean.default = "lean4";
     ledger.default = "ledger";
+    manix.default = "manix";
     nodejs = {
       default = "nodejs";
       example = "pkgs.nodejs_22";
diff --git a/plugins/by-name/telescope/extensions/manix.nix b/plugins/by-name/telescope/extensions/manix.nix
index 64a1d87c..90e8a7d4 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/telescope/extensions/manix.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/telescope/extensions/manix.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  pkgs,
   ...
 }:
 let
@@ -12,6 +11,18 @@ mkExtension {
   name = "manix";
   package = "telescope-manix";
 
+  imports = [
+    # TODO: added 2025-04-07, remove after 25.05
+    (lib.nixvim.mkRemovedPackageOptionModule {
+      plugin = [
+        "telescope"
+        "extensions"
+        "manix"
+      ];
+      packageName = "manix";
+    })
+  ];
+
   settingsOptions = {
     manix_args = defaultNullOpts.mkListOf lib.types.str [ ] "CLI arguments to pass to manix.";
 
@@ -24,13 +35,7 @@ mkExtension {
     cword = true;
   };
 
-  extraOptions = {
-    manixPackage = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "manix" {
-      nullable = true;
-    };
-  };
-
-  extraConfig = cfg: {
-    extraPackages = [ cfg.manixPackage ];
+  extraConfig = {
+    dependencies.manix.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/telescope/manix.nix b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/telescope/manix.nix
index 5d317ef7..b6a35b1d 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/telescope/manix.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/telescope/manix.nix
@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@
   };
 
   no-packages = {
-    plugins.telescope = {
-      enable = true;
-
-      extensions.manix = {
+    plugins = {
+      telescope = {
         enable = true;
-        manixPackage = null;
+
+        extensions.manix.enable = true;
       };
+      web-devicons.enable = false;
     };
-    plugins.web-devicons.enable = false;
+
+    dependencies.manix.enable = false;
   };
 }