diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
index cf852ada369f..ae2f6f103049 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 , glibcLocales, expect, ncurses, libotr, curl, readline, libuuid
 , cmocka, libmicrohttpd, stabber, expat, libmesode
 
-, autoAwaySupport ? false,       libXScrnSaver ? null, libX11 ? null
-, notifySupport ? false,         libnotify ? null, gdk_pixbuf ? null
-, traySupport ? false,           gnome2 ? null
+, autoAwaySupport ? true,       libXScrnSaver ? null, libX11 ? null
+, notifySupport ? true,         libnotify ? null, gdk_pixbuf ? null
+, traySupport ? true,           gnome2 ? null
 , pgpSupport ? true,            gpgme ? null
 , pythonPluginSupport ? true,   python ? null
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 51436f8690a9..0e600648f69a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18865,12 +18865,9 @@ in
   # And I don't want to rewrite all rules
   procmail = callPackage ../applications/misc/procmail { };
 
-  profanity = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity {
-    notifySupport   = config.profanity.notifySupport   or true;
-    traySupport     = config.profanity.traySupport     or true;
-    autoAwaySupport = config.profanity.autoAwaySupport or true;
+  profanity = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity ({
     python = python3;
-  };
+  } // (config.profanity or {}));
 
   protonmail-bridge = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/protonmail-bridge { };