diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/profanity/package.nix
similarity index 86%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/pr/profanity/package.nix
index 117a95f4e476..7f4780fb80ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/profanity/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  config,
   meson,
   ninja,
   cmocka,
@@ -18,21 +19,28 @@
   pkg-config,
   readline,
   sqlite,
-  autoAwaySupport ? true,
+
+  # Read from config.profanity, falling back to true
+  autoAwaySupport ? config.profanity.autoAwaySupport or true,
   libxscrnsaver,
   libx11,
-  notifySupport ? true,
+
+  notifySupport ? config.profanity.notifySupport or true,
   libnotify,
   gdk-pixbuf,
-  omemoSupport ? true,
+
+  omemoSupport ? config.profanity.omemoSupport or true,
   libsignal-protocol-c,
   libgcrypt,
   qrencode,
-  pgpSupport ? true,
+
+  pgpSupport ? config.profanity.pgpSupport or true,
   gpgme,
-  pythonPluginSupport ? true,
+
+  pythonPluginSupport ? config.profanity.pythonPluginSupport or true,
   python3,
-  traySupport ? true,
+
+  traySupport ? config.profanity.traySupport or true,
   gtk3,
   otrSupport ? true,
   libotr,
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "profanity-im";
     repo = "profanity";
-    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-rPiYzG5KvJyKt7b99AImmO6wTYxZPFcf/6Xhz8SrgIo=";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 506c38f1bc91..d84b180e0606 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9212,14 +9212,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   inherit (pidginPackages) pidgin;
 
-  # perhaps there are better apps for this task? It's how I had configured my previous system.
-  # And I don't want to rewrite all rules
-  profanity = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity (
-    {
-    }
-    // (config.profanity or { })
-  );
-
   puredata-with-plugins =
     plugins: callPackage ../by-name/pu/puredata/wrapper.nix { inherit plugins; };