diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index 1ae3b03..8a436d5 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ inputs: {
 
   # built (or "normalized") plugins that are modified
   builtStartPlugins = buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.startPlugins;
-  builtOptPlugins = map (package: {
-    plugin = package;
-    optional = true;
-  }) (buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.optPlugins);
+  builtOptPlugins = map (package: package // {optional = true;}) (buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.optPlugins);
 
   # additional Lua and Python3 packages, mapped to their respective functions
   # to conform to the format mnw expects. end user should