diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index 6780be9b5814..38c89668f84a 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@
 
 - Garage has been upgraded to 0.9.x. `services.garage.package` now needs to be explicitly set, so version upgrades can be done in a controlled fashion. For this, we expose `garage_x_y` attributes which can be set here.
 
+- `voms` and `xrootd` now moves the `$out/etc` content to the `$etc` output instead of `$out/etc.orig`, when input argument `externalEtc` is not `null`.
+
 - The `woodpecker-*` CI packages have been updated to 1.0.0. This release is wildly incompatible with the 0.15.X versions that were previously packaged. Please read [upstream's documentation](https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/next/migrations#100) to learn how to update your CI configurations.
 
 - The Caddy module gained a new option named `services.caddy.enableReload` which is enabled by default. It allows reloading the service instead of restarting it, if only a config file has changed. This option must be disabled if you have turned off the [Caddy admin API](https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/options#admin). If you keep this option enabled, you should consider setting [`grace_period`](https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/options#grace-period) to a non-infinite value to prevent Caddy from delaying the reload indefinitely.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/voms/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/voms/default.nix
index a16648b9a833..cafc812032b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/voms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/voms/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 , zlib
   # Configuration overridable with .override
   # If not null, the builder will
-  # move "$out/etc" to "$out/etc.orig" and symlink "$out/etc" to externalEtc.
+  # create a new output "etc", move "$out/etc" to "$etc/etc"
+  # and symlink "$out/etc" to externalEtc.
 , externalEtc ? "/etc"
 }:
 
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
     zlib
   ];
 
-  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" ];
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" ]
+    ++ lib.optional (externalEtc != null) "etc";
 
   preAutoreconf = ''
     mkdir -p aux src/autogen
@@ -65,13 +67,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-gsoap-wsdl2h=${gsoap}/bin/wsdl2h"
+    "--sysconfdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc"
   ];
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    ${lib.optionalString (externalEtc != null) ''
-      mv "$out"/etc{,.orig}
-      ln -s ${lib.escapeShellArg externalEtc} "$out/etc"
-    ''}
+  postFixup = lib.optionalString (externalEtc != null) ''
+    moveToOutput etc "$etc"
+    ln -s ${lib.escapeShellArg externalEtc} "$out/etc"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/default.nix
index 47496173642c..e32139fdfceb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-SLmxv8opN7z4V07S9kLGo8HG7Ql62iZQLtf3zGemwA8=";
   };
 
-  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" ];
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" ]
+  ++ lib.optional (externalEtc != null) "etc";
 
   passthru.fetchxrd = callPackage ./fetchxrd.nix { xrootd = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
   passthru.tests =
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       wrapProgram "$FILE" "''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}"
     done < <(find "$bin/bin" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f,l -perm -a+x)
   '' + lib.optionalString (externalEtc != null) ''
-    mv "$out"/etc{,.orig}
+    moveToOutput etc "$etc"
     ln -s ${lib.escapeShellArg externalEtc} "$out/etc"
   '';