diff --git a/modules/programs/aria2.nix b/modules/programs/aria2.nix
index 6670bac1..c7f567be 100644
--- a/modules/programs/aria2.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/aria2.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ in
 {
   meta.maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.justinlovinger ];
 
+  imports = [
+    (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule [
+      "programs"
+      "aria2"
+      "extraConfig"
+    ] "This option has been removed. Please use 'programs.aria2.settings' instead.")
+  ];
+
   options.programs.aria2 = {
     enable = lib.mkEnableOption "aria2";
 
@@ -48,23 +56,13 @@ in
         }
       '';
     };
-
-    extraConfig = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.lines;
-      default = "";
-      description = ''
-        Extra lines added to {file}`aria2.conf` file.
-      '';
-    };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     home.packages = lib.mkIf (cfg.package != null) [ cfg.package ];
 
-    xdg.configFile."aria2/aria2.conf".text = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
-      [ ]
-      ++ lib.mapAttrsToList formatLine cfg.settings
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.extraConfig != "") cfg.extraConfig
-    );
+    xdg.configFile."aria2/aria2.conf" = lib.mkIf (cfg.settings != { }){
+      text = (lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList formatLine cfg.settings)) + "\n";
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/aria2/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/aria2/default.nix
index 2964841d..678f9477 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/aria2/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/aria2/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-{ aria2-settings = ./settings.nix; }
+{
+  aria2-disabled = ./disabled.nix;
+  aria2-settings = ./settings.nix;
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/aria2/disabled.nix b/tests/modules/programs/aria2/disabled.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..978d9de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/aria2/disabled.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  aria2.enable = false;
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertPathNotExists "home-files/.config/aria2"
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/aria2/settings.nix b/tests/modules/programs/aria2/settings.nix
index a91548f2..21875c13 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/aria2/settings.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/aria2/settings.nix
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
       max-upload-limit = "50K";
       ftp-pasv = true;
     };
-
-    extraConfig = ''
-      # Extra aria2 configuration.
-    '';
   };
 
   nmt.script = ''
@@ -24,7 +20,6 @@
         listen-port=60000
         max-upload-limit=50K
         seed-ratio=1.000000
-        # Extra aria2 configuration.
       ''}
   '';
 }