diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix
index c6c5f758dfc8..9ca056a19d54 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/builder.nix
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "k3s";
   version = k3sVersion;
   pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "k3sVersion" attrs;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   tags = [
     "libsqlite3"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 5722b7d8dd99..5a772f320760 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ in
   };
 
   k3s_1_36 = (common (import ./1_36/versions.nix) extraArgs).overrideAttrs {
-    __structuredAttrs = true;
     patches = [ ./go_runc_require.patch ];
   };
 }