diff --git a/modules/config/home-cursor.nix b/modules/config/home-cursor.nix
index c0495a76..788e0ff1 100644
--- a/modules/config/home-cursor.nix
+++ b/modules/config/home-cursor.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ in {
       # Set name in icons theme, for compatibility with AwesomeWM etc. See:
       # https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/2081
       # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cursor_themes#XDG_specification
-      home.file.".icons/default/index.theme".text = ''
+      xdg.dataFile."icons/default/index.theme".text = ''
         [icon theme]
         Name=Default
         Comment=Default Cursor Theme