diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 837bd1a..5f3509e 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -53,39 +53,14 @@
     LC_TIME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
   };
 
-  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
-  services.xserver.enable = true;
   services.rpcbind.enable = true; # needed for NFS
 
-  # Enable the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment.
-  services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;
-  # set wayland as default session
-  services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasmawayland";
-
   programs.partition-manager.enable = true;
   programs.fish.enable = true;
 
   # use bash shell for other users
   environment.shells = with pkgs; [ bash ];
 
-  programs.dconf.enable = true;
-  programs.xwayland.enable = true;
-
-  # exclude packages from plasma5
-  environment.plasma5.excludePackages = with pkgs.libsForQt5; [
-    elisa
-    oxygen
-    khelpcenter
-    kcolorpicker
-  ];
-
-  # Configure keymap in X11
-  services.xserver = {
-    layout = "de";
-    xkbVariant = "";
-  };
-
   # Configure console keymap
   console.keyMap = "de";
 
diff --git a/core/default.nix b/core/default.nix
index e214dde..98528bd 100644
--- a/core/default.nix
+++ b/core/default.nix
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ in
         ++ lib.optionals settings.printing.enable [ ./printing.nix ]
         ++ lib.optionals settings.xdg.enable [ ./xdg.nix ]
         ++ lib.optionals settings.java [ ./java.nix ]
-        ++ lib.optionals settings.dotnet [ ./dotnet.nix ];
+        ++ lib.optionals settings.dotnet [ ./dotnet.nix ]
+        ++ lib.optionals settings.plasma5.enable [ ./plasma5.nix ];
 }
diff --git a/core/plasma5.nix b/core/plasma5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22cd913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/plasma5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+let
+    settings = import ./../settings.nix;
+in
+{
+    # Enable the X11 windowing system.
+    services.xserver.enable = true;
+
+    # Configure keymap in X11
+    services.xserver = {
+        layout = "de";
+        xkbVariant = "";
+    };
+
+    # Enable the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment.
+    services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;
+    # set wayland as default session
+    services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasmawayland";
+
+    # exclude packages from plasma5
+    environment.plasma5.excludePackages = settings.plasma5.excludePackages;
+
+    programs.dconf.enable = settings.plasma5.dconf;
+    programs.xwayland.enable = settings.plasma5.xwayland;
+}
diff --git a/settings.nix b/settings.nix
index f79dc1d..a78ad87 100644
--- a/settings.nix
+++ b/settings.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ with import <nixpkgs> {}; {
         };
     };
 
+    plasma5 = {
+        enable = true;
+        dconf = true;
+        xwayland = true;
+        excludePackages = with pkgs.libsForQt5; [
+            elisa
+            oxygen
+            khelpcenter
+            kcolorpicker
+        ];
+    };
+
     virtualisation = {
         docker-rootless = {
             enable = true;