diff --git a/gnu/services/desktop.scm b/gnu/services/desktop.scm
index 2127c2d389..12560a6249 100644
--- a/gnu/services/desktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/desktop.scm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Nikita <nikita@n0.is>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019 Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2018, 2020, 2022 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2020, 2022, 2025 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2023 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019 Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Tim Gesthuizen <tim.gesthuizen@yahoo.de>
@@ -2454,6 +2454,11 @@ applications needing access to be root.")
                               (list (file-append nfs-utils "/sbin/mount.nfs")
                                (file-append ntfs-3g "/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g"))))
 
+         ;; Add some of the artwork niceties for the desktop.
+         (simple-service 'guix-artwork
+                         profile-service-type
+                         %base-packages-artwork)
+
          ;; This is a volatile read-write file system mounted at /var/lib/gdm,
          ;; to avoid GDM stale cache and permission issues.
          gdm-file-system-service
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index bc652b1ce5..2f87b99fce 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -982,8 +982,7 @@ of PROVENANCE-SERVICE-TYPE to its services."
 (define %base-packages
   ;; Default set of packages globally visible.  It should include anything
   ;; required for basic administrator tasks.
-  (append %base-packages-artwork
-          %base-packages-interactive
+  (append %base-packages-interactive
           %base-packages-linux
           %base-packages-networking
           %base-packages-utils))