diff --git a/lib/helpers.nix b/lib/helpers.nix
index b8a9db95..9369e3d5 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.nix
+++ b/lib/helpers.nix
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ with lib; rec {
     ...
   }: {
     name,
-    description,
+    description ? null,
     package ? null,
     extraPlugins ? [],
     extraPackages ? [],
@@ -323,11 +323,6 @@ with lib; rec {
   }: let
     cfg = config.plugins.${name};
 
-    description =
-      if description is null
-      then name
-      else description;
-
     # TODO support nested options!
     pluginOptions =
       mapAttrs
@@ -374,7 +369,11 @@ with lib; rec {
   in {
     options.plugins.${name} =
       {
-        enable = mkEnableOption description;
+        enable = mkEnableOption (
+          if description == null
+          then name
+          else description
+        );
       }
       // extraConfigOption
       // packageOption