diff --git a/home/curl/.curlrc b/home/curl/.curlrc
deleted file mode 100644
index d83a650..0000000
--- a/home/curl/.curlrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# limit the timeout in seconds
-connect-timeout = 60
-
-# follow HTTP redirects
-location
-
-# show error messages
-show-error
-
-# Disguise as IE 9 on Windows 7
-user-agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)"
diff --git a/home/curl/default.nix b/home/curl/default.nix
index 4884495..b345d85 100644
--- a/home/curl/default.nix
+++ b/home/curl/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,21 @@
 
   xdg.configFile.".curlrc" = {
     enable = true;
-    source = ./.curlrc;
     target = ".curlrc";
+
+    text = # conf
+      ''
+        # Limit the timeout in seconds.
+        connect-timeout = 60
+
+        # Follow HTTP redirects.
+        location
+
+        # Show error messages.
+        show-error
+
+        # Disguise as IE 9 on Windows 7.
+        user-agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)"
+      '';
   };
 }