diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 26aa616b4e0b..4323c9a91212 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10793,7 +10793,7 @@ let
   djview4 = pkgs.djview;
 
   dmenu = callPackage ../applications/misc/dmenu {
-    enableXft = config.dmenu.enableXft or false;
+    enableXft = true;
   };
 
   dmenu2 = callPackage ../applications/misc/dmenu2 { };