diff --git a/home/dconf/default.nix b/home/dconf/default.nix
index 4924e3e..66f82cd 100644
--- a/home/dconf/default.nix
+++ b/home/dconf/default.nix
@@ -4,23 +4,12 @@
 
 # home-manager, in its infinite wisdom, sets `dconf.enable` to true by default.
 # This is a problem because we don't want it to attempt to apply our settings on
-# a system that doesn't actually have GNOME installed.
+# a system that doesn't actually have GNOME installed. So, we override the
+# default to false.
 
-# To work around it, we create our own option `qenya.dconf.enable`, which
-# defaults to false, and pass it to `dconf.enable`.
-
-let
-  inherit (lib) mkIf mkEnableOption;
-  cfg = config.qenya.dconf;
-in
-{
-  options.qenya.dconf = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "dconf";
-  };
-
-  config = {
-    dconf.enable = config.qenya.dconf.enable;
-  };
+let inherit (lib) mkDefault;
+in {
+  dconf.enable = mkDefault false;
 
   imports = [
     # TODO: nix-ify other parts of GNOME config
diff --git a/hosts/tohru/home.nix b/hosts/tohru/home.nix
index 226ed1a..70e2c75 100644
--- a/hosts/tohru/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/tohru/home.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {
   home-manager.users.qenya = { pkgs, ... }: {
-    qenya.dconf.enable = true;
+    dconf.enable = true;
 
     programs = {
       firefox.enable = true; # TODO: config is not yet nix-ified