diff --git a/modules/programs/neovim.nix b/modules/programs/neovim.nix
index 75bcbb760..dcbac2e26 100644
--- a/modules/programs/neovim.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/neovim.nix
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ let
         (map (x: if x ? plugin && x.optional == true then x.plugin else null)
           cfg.plugins);
     };
-    customRC = cfg.extraConfig
-      + pkgs.lib.concatMapStrings pluginConfig cfg.plugins;
+    customRC = pkgs.lib.concatMapStrings pluginConfig cfg.plugins
+      + cfg.extraConfig;
   };
 
   extraMakeWrapperArgs = lib.optionalString (cfg.extraPackages != [ ])
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.nix b/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.nix
index 4c96fa784..bfb9f5c7a 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.nix
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ with lib;
 
     nmt.script = ''
       vimrc="$TESTED/home-files/.config/nvim/init.vim"
+      ${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl -pe "s|\Q$NIX_STORE\E/[a-z0-9]{32}-|$NIX_STORE/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-|g" < "$vimrc" > $out/generated.vim
       assertFileExists home-files/.config/nvim/init.vim
       # We need to remove the unkown store paths in the config
       TESTED="" assertFileContent \
-        <( ${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl -pe "s|\Q$NIX_STORE\E/[a-z0-9]{32}-|$NIX_STORE/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-|g" < "$vimrc"
-         ) \
+         $out/generated.vim \
         "${./plugin-config.vim}"
     '';
   };
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.vim b/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.vim
index f16bb3f85..60b5d3c76 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.vim
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.vim
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ set nocompatible
 set packpath^=/nix/store/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-vim-pack-dir
 set runtimepath^=/nix/store/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-vim-pack-dir
 
-" This should be present in vimrc
 " vim-commentary {{{
 " This should be present too
 autocmd FileType c setlocal commentstring=//\ %s
 autocmd FileType c setlocal comments=://
 
 " }}}
+" This should be present in vimrc