diff --git a/modules/programs/dircolors.nix b/modules/programs/dircolors.nix
index de4610893..12d6a88d4 100644
--- a/modules/programs/dircolors.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/dircolors.nix
@@ -69,155 +69,177 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    # Add default settings from `dircolors --print-database`.
-    programs.dircolors.settings = {
-      RESET = mkDefault "0";
-      DIR = mkDefault "01;34";
-      LINK = mkDefault "01;36";
-      MULTIHARDLINK = mkDefault "00";
-      FIFO = mkDefault "40;33";
-      SOCK = mkDefault "01;35";
-      DOOR = mkDefault "01;35";
-      BLK = mkDefault "40;33;01";
-      CHR = mkDefault "40;33;01";
-      ORPHAN = mkDefault "40;31;01";
-      MISSING = mkDefault "00";
-      SETUID = mkDefault "37;41";
-      SETGID = mkDefault "30;43";
-      CAPABILITY = mkDefault "30;41";
-      STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE = mkDefault "30;42";
-      OTHER_WRITABLE = mkDefault "34;42";
-      STICKY = mkDefault "37;44";
-      EXEC = mkDefault "01;32";
-      ".tar" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".tgz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".arc" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".arj" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".taz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".lha" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".lz4" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".lzh" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".lzma" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".tlz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".txz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".tzo" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".t7z" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".zip" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".z" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".dz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".gz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".lrz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".lz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".lzo" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".xz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".zst" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".tzst" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".bz2" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".bz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".tbz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".tbz2" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".tz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".deb" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".rpm" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".jar" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".war" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".ear" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".sar" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".rar" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".alz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".ace" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".zoo" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".cpio" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".7z" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".rz" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".cab" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".wim" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".swm" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".dwm" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".esd" = mkDefault "01;31";
-      ".jpg" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".jpeg" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mjpg" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mjpeg" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".gif" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".bmp" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".pbm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".pgm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".ppm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".tga" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".xbm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".xpm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".tif" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".tiff" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".png" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".svg" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".svgz" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mng" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".pcx" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mov" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mpg" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mpeg" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".m2v" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mkv" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".webm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".ogm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mp4" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".m4v" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".mp4v" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".vob" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".qt" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".nuv" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".wmv" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".asf" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".rm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".rmvb" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".flc" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".avi" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".fli" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".flv" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".gl" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".dl" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".xcf" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".xwd" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".yuv" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".cgm" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".emf" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".ogv" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".ogx" = mkDefault "01;35";
-      ".aac" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".au" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".flac" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".m4a" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".mid" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".midi" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".mka" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".mp3" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".mpc" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".ogg" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".ra" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".wav" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".oga" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".opus" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".spx" = mkDefault "00;36";
-      ".xspf" = mkDefault "00;36";
-    };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable (mkMerge [
+    {
+      # Add default settings from `dircolors --print-database`.
+      programs.dircolors.settings = {
+        RESET = mkDefault "0";
+        DIR = mkDefault "01;34";
+        LINK = mkDefault "01;36";
+        MULTIHARDLINK = mkDefault "00";
+        FIFO = mkDefault "40;33";
+        SOCK = mkDefault "01;35";
+        DOOR = mkDefault "01;35";
+        BLK = mkDefault "40;33;01";
+        CHR = mkDefault "40;33;01";
+        ORPHAN = mkDefault "40;31;01";
+        MISSING = mkDefault "00";
+        SETUID = mkDefault "37;41";
+        SETGID = mkDefault "30;43";
+        CAPABILITY = mkDefault "30;41";
+        STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE = mkDefault "30;42";
+        OTHER_WRITABLE = mkDefault "34;42";
+        STICKY = mkDefault "37;44";
+        EXEC = mkDefault "01;32";
+        ".tar" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".tgz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".arc" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".arj" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".taz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".lha" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".lz4" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".lzh" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".lzma" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".tlz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".txz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".tzo" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".t7z" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".zip" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".z" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".dz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".gz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".lrz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".lz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".lzo" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".xz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".zst" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".tzst" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".bz2" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".bz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".tbz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".tbz2" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".tz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".deb" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".rpm" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".jar" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".war" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".ear" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".sar" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".rar" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".alz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".ace" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".zoo" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".cpio" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".7z" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".rz" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".cab" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".wim" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".swm" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".dwm" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".esd" = mkDefault "01;31";
+        ".jpg" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".jpeg" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mjpg" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mjpeg" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".gif" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".bmp" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".pbm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".pgm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".ppm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".tga" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".xbm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".xpm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".tif" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".tiff" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".png" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".svg" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".svgz" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mng" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".pcx" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mov" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mpg" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mpeg" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".m2v" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mkv" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".webm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".ogm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mp4" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".m4v" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".mp4v" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".vob" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".qt" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".nuv" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".wmv" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".asf" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".rm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".rmvb" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".flc" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".avi" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".fli" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".flv" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".gl" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".dl" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".xcf" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".xwd" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".yuv" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".cgm" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".emf" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".ogv" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".ogx" = mkDefault "01;35";
+        ".aac" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".au" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".flac" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".m4a" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".mid" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".midi" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".mka" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".mp3" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".mpc" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".ogg" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".ra" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".wav" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".oga" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".opus" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".spx" = mkDefault "00;36";
+        ".xspf" = mkDefault "00;36";
+      };
+    }
 
-    home.file.".dir_colors".text = concatStringsSep "\n" ([ ]
-      ++ mapAttrsToList formatLine cfg.settings ++ [ "" ]
-      ++ optional (cfg.extraConfig != "") cfg.extraConfig);
+    (mkIf (!config.home.preferXdgDirectories) {
+      home.file.".dir_colors".text = concatStringsSep "\n" ([ ]
+        ++ mapAttrsToList formatLine cfg.settings ++ [ "" ]
+        ++ optional (cfg.extraConfig != "") cfg.extraConfig);
 
-    programs.bash.initExtra = mkIf cfg.enableBashIntegration ''
-      eval $(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -b ~/.dir_colors)
-    '';
+      programs.bash.initExtra = mkIf cfg.enableBashIntegration ''
+        eval $(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -b ~/.dir_colors)
+      '';
 
-    programs.fish.shellInit = mkIf cfg.enableFishIntegration ''
-      eval (${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -c ~/.dir_colors)
-    '';
+      programs.fish.shellInit = mkIf cfg.enableFishIntegration ''
+        eval (${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -c ~/.dir_colors)
+      '';
 
-    # Set `LS_COLORS` before Oh My Zsh and `initExtra`.
-    programs.zsh.initExtraBeforeCompInit = mkIf cfg.enableZshIntegration ''
-      eval $(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -b ~/.dir_colors)
-    '';
-  };
+      # Set `LS_COLORS` before Oh My Zsh and `initExtra`.
+      programs.zsh.initExtraBeforeCompInit = mkIf cfg.enableZshIntegration ''
+        eval $(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -b ~/.dir_colors)
+      '';
+    })
+    (mkIf config.home.preferXdgDirectories {
+      xdg.configFile.dir_colors.text = concatStringsSep "\n" ([ ]
+        ++ mapAttrsToList formatLine cfg.settings ++ [ "" ]
+        ++ optional (cfg.extraConfig != "") cfg.extraConfig);
+
+      programs.bash.initExtra = mkIf cfg.enableBashIntegration ''
+        eval $(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -b ${config.xdg.configHome}/dir_colors)
+      '';
+
+      programs.fish.shellInit = mkIf cfg.enableFishIntegration ''
+        eval (${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -c ${config.xdg.configHome}/dir_colors)
+      '';
+
+      # Set `LS_COLORS` before Oh My Zsh and `initExtra`.
+      programs.zsh.initExtraBeforeCompInit = mkIf cfg.enableZshIntegration ''
+        eval $(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dircolors -b ${config.xdg.configHome}/dir_colors)
+      '';
+    })
+  ]);
 }