diff --git a/migrations/1789581661.sh b/migrations/1789581661.sh
index cc881c26..8dce1c3e 100644
--- a/migrations/1789581661.sh
+++ b/migrations/1789581661.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@ echo "Install Elsewhen, the world clock plugin"
 
 omarchy-pkg-add elsewhen
 
-# Dev checkouts do not contain plugins installed by system packages.
 packaged_plugin="/usr/share/omarchy/shell/plugins/omacom.elsewhen"
 user_plugin="$HOME/.config/omarchy/plugins/omacom.elsewhen"
+
+# The package moved from plugins/ to shell/plugins/ once, stranding the link an
+# earlier run made to the old path. A link the user made is left alone.
+if [[ -L $user_plugin && ! -e $user_plugin && $(readlink "$user_plugin") == /usr/share/omarchy/* && -d $packaged_plugin ]]; then
+  ln -sfn "$packaged_plugin" "$user_plugin"
+fi
+
+# Dev checkouts do not contain plugins installed by system packages.
 if [[ ! $OMARCHY_PATH -ef /usr/share/omarchy && -d $packaged_plugin && ! -e $user_plugin && ! -L $user_plugin ]]; then
   mkdir -p "${user_plugin%/*}"
   ln -s "$packaged_plugin" "$user_plugin"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/elsewhen-default-migration-test.sh b/test/shell.d/elsewhen-default-migration-test.sh
index 2775e1bb..78dc69a9 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/elsewhen-default-migration-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/elsewhen-default-migration-test.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ run_migration "$ROOT"
 [[ $(readlink "$plugin") == "$test_dir/custom-plugin" ]] || fail "existing symlink is preserved"
 pass "existing symlink is preserved, including a missing target"
 
+# An earlier revision, and a symlink once shipped under config/, pointed every
+# install at the package's old path.
+for tree in "$ROOT" "$test_dir/packaged"; do
+  ln -sfn "$test_dir/packaged/plugins/omacom.elsewhen" "$plugin"
+  run_migration "$tree"
+  [[ $(readlink "$plugin") == "$test_dir/packaged/shell/plugins/omacom.elsewhen" ]] ||
+    fail "a stranded link to the package's old path is re-pointed (OMARCHY_PATH=$tree)" "$(readlink "$plugin")"
+done
+pass "a stranded link to the package's old path is re-pointed on every install"
+rm "$plugin"
 
 if env TEST_PUT_RESULT=unknown HOME="$test_dir/home" OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" PATH="$test_dir/bin:$ROOT/bin:$PATH" \
   bash -euo pipefail "$test_dir/migration.sh" >"$test_dir/output" 2>&1; then