diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix
index 34be9d69a46c..6ee35aaca565 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix
@@ -666,7 +666,6 @@ in {
       "d ${gitlabConfig.production.shared.path}/artifacts 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
       "d ${gitlabConfig.production.shared.path}/lfs-objects 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
       "d ${gitlabConfig.production.shared.path}/pages 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
-      "L+ ${cfg.statePath}/lib - - - - ${cfg.packages.gitlab}/share/gitlab/lib"
       "L+ /run/gitlab/config - - - - ${cfg.statePath}/config"
       "L+ /run/gitlab/log - - - - ${cfg.statePath}/log"
       "L+ /run/gitlab/tmp - - - - ${cfg.statePath}/tmp"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/default.nix
index 99b408bcef32..e6ed0ef53a22 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchFromGitLab, bundlerEnv
 , ruby, tzdata, git, nettools, nixosTests, nodejs
 , gitlabEnterprise ? false, callPackage, yarn
-, yarn2nix-moretea
+, yarn2nix-moretea, replace
 }:
 
 let
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     sed -i '/ask_to_continue/d' lib/tasks/gitlab/two_factor.rake
     sed -ri -e '/log_level/a config.logger = Logger.new(STDERR)' config/environments/production.rb
+
+    # Always require lib-files and application.rb through their store
+    # path, not their relative state directory path. This gets rid of
+    # warnings and means we don't have to link back to lib from the
+    # state directory.
+    ${replace}/bin/replace-literal -f -r -e '../lib' "$out/share/gitlab/lib" config
+    ${replace}/bin/replace-literal -f -r -e "require_relative 'application'" "require_relative '$out/share/gitlab/config/application'" config
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ''