diff --git a/modules/services/fnott.nix b/modules/services/fnott.nix
index 5aaf525aa..d4e2addb4 100644
--- a/modules/services/fnott.nix
+++ b/modules/services/fnott.nix
@@ -8,15 +8,7 @@ let
   concatStringsSep' = sep: list:
     concatStringsSep sep (filter (x: x != "") list);
 
-  mkKeyValue = generators.mkKeyValueDefault { } "=";
-  genINI = generators.toINI { };
-
-  iniFormatType = with types;
-    let
-      iniAtom = types.nullOr (types.oneOf [ bool int float str ]) // {
-        description = "INI atom (null, bool, int, float or string)";
-      };
-    in attrsOf (attrsOf iniAtom);
+  iniFormat = pkgs.formats.ini { };
 in {
   options = {
     services.fnott = {
@@ -58,7 +50,7 @@ in {
       };
 
       settings = mkOption {
-        type = iniFormatType;
+        type = iniFormat.type;
         default = { };
         description = ''
           Configuration written to
@@ -114,14 +106,7 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    xdg.configFile."fnott/fnott.ini" = {
-      # FIXME: Remove after next version release (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott/pulls/24).
-      text = concatStringsSep' "\n" [
-        (optionalString (cfg.settings ? main) ''
-          ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList mkKeyValue cfg.settings.main)}
-        '')
-        (genINI (removeAttrs cfg.settings [ "main" ]))
-      ];
-    };
+    xdg.configFile."fnott/fnott.ini".source =
+      iniFormat.generate "fnott.ini" cfg.settings;
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/fnott/default.nix b/tests/modules/services/fnott/default.nix
index 6b4bde383..e28250a48 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/fnott/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/fnott/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
   fnott-example-settings = ./example-settings.nix;
-  fnott-global-properties = ./global-properties.nix;
   fnott-systemd-user-service = ./systemd-user-service.nix;
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/fnott/example-settings-expected.ini b/tests/modules/services/fnott/example-settings-expected.ini
index 153e456ca..6293f63d2 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/fnott/example-settings-expected.ini
+++ b/tests/modules/services/fnott/example-settings-expected.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-notification-margin=5
-
 [low]
 timeout=5
 title-color=ffffff
 title-font=Dina:weight=bold:slant=italic
+
+[main]
+notification-margin=5
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/fnott/global-properties-expected.ini b/tests/modules/services/fnott/global-properties-expected.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index a82646797..000000000
--- a/tests/modules/services/fnott/global-properties-expected.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-max-icon-size=32
-notification-margin=5
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/fnott/global-properties.nix b/tests/modules/services/fnott/global-properties.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3be88d787..000000000
--- a/tests/modules/services/fnott/global-properties.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-# FIXME: Deprecate on next version release of fnott (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott/pulls/24).
-{
-  config = {
-    services.fnott = {
-      enable = true;
-      package = config.lib.test.mkStubPackage { };
-
-      settings = {
-        main = {
-          max-icon-size = 32;
-          notification-margin = 5;
-        };
-      };
-    };
-
-    nmt.script = ''
-      assertFileContent \
-        home-files/.config/fnott/fnott.ini \
-        ${./global-properties-expected.ini}
-    '';
-  };
-}