diff --git a/modules/programs/foot.nix b/modules/programs/foot.nix
index 8df201fd..08b5e397 100644
--- a/modules/programs/foot.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/foot.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    xdg.configFile."foot/foot.ini" = mkIf (cfg.settings != { }) {
+    xdg.configFile."foot/foot.ini" = {
       source = iniFormat.generate "foot.ini" cfg.settings;
     };
 
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/foot/empty-settings.nix b/tests/modules/programs/foot/empty-settings.nix
index 3935fd9d..44caeca5 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/foot/empty-settings.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/foot/empty-settings.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ with lib;
       [ (self: super: { foot = pkgs.writeScriptBin "dummy-foot" ""; }) ];
 
     nmt.script = ''
-      assertPathNotExists home-files/.config/foot
+      assertFileExists home-files/.config/foot/foot.ini
+      assertFileContent \
+        home-files/.config/foot/foot.ini \
+        ${builtins.toFile "test" ""}
     '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/foot/systemd-user-service.nix b/tests/modules/programs/foot/systemd-user-service.nix
index 1eff14f9..9c131362 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/foot/systemd-user-service.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/foot/systemd-user-service.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ in {
     };
 
     nmt.script = ''
-      assertPathNotExists home-files/.config/foot/foot.ini
+      assertFileExists home-files/.config/foot/foot.ini
+      assertFileContent \
+        home-files/.config/foot/foot.ini \
+        ${builtins.toFile "test" ""}
 
       assertFileContent \
         home-files/.config/systemd/user/foot.service \