diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix
index aa24c0842bab..8f3ad78d50ce 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix
@@ -293,6 +293,18 @@ in {
         assertion = (cfg.alsa.enable || cfg.pulse.enable) -> cfg.audio.enable;
         message = "Using PipeWire's ALSA/PulseAudio compatibility layers requires running PipeWire as the sound server. Set `services.pipewire.audio.enable` to true.";
       }
+      {
+        assertion = builtins.length
+          (builtins.attrNames
+            (
+              lib.filterAttrs
+                (name: value:
+                  lib.hasPrefix "pipewire/" name || name == "pipewire"
+                )
+                config.environment.etc
+            )) == 1;
+        message = "Using `environment.etc.\"pipewire<...>\"` directly is no longer supported in 24.05. Use `services.pipewire.extraConfig` or `services.pipewire.configPackages` instead.";
+      }
     ];
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ]
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix
index dc4d726d7632..0d3545ae7b4b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix
@@ -98,6 +98,18 @@ in
           assertion = !config.hardware.bluetooth.hsphfpd.enable;
           message = "Using WirePlumber conflicts with hsphfpd, as it provides the same functionality. `hardware.bluetooth.hsphfpd.enable` needs be set to false";
         }
+        {
+          assertion = builtins.length
+            (builtins.attrNames
+              (
+                lib.filterAttrs
+                  (name: value:
+                    lib.hasPrefix "wireplumber/" name || name == "wireplumber"
+                  )
+                  config.environment.etc
+              )) == 1;
+          message = "Using `environment.etc.\"wireplumber<...>\"` directly is no longer supported in 24.05. Use `services.wireplumber.configPackages` instead.";
+        }
       ];
 
       environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];