diff --git a/oni/home/config/rincewind.scm b/oni/home/config/rincewind.scm
index b1e2aff..e2b73f1 100644
--- a/oni/home/config/rincewind.scm
+++ b/oni/home/config/rincewind.scm
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
   #:use-module ((oni home services emacs)
                 #:select (home-emacs-service-type
                           home-emacs-configuration
-                          home-emacs-helpful-service-type
                           home-emacs-helpful-configuration
                           home-emacs-yasnippet-capf-service-type
                           home-emacs-dashboard-service-type
@@ -411,6 +410,11 @@
    (service home-emacs-service-type
             (home-emacs-configuration
              (package my-emacs)
+             (helpful-configuration
+              (home-emacs-helpful-configuration
+               (configurations
+                (list
+                 (local-file "../services/emacs/oni-helpful.el")))))
              (configurations
               (list
                (local-file "../services/emacs/init.el")
@@ -423,11 +427,6 @@
                 "(load custom-file)\n"
                 "(provide 'init)\n"
                 ";;; init.el ends here\n")))))
-   (service home-emacs-helpful-service-type
-            (home-emacs-helpful-configuration
-             (configurations
-              (list
-               (local-file "../services/emacs/oni-helpful.el")))))
    (service home-emacs-yasnippet-capf-service-type)
    (service home-emacs-dashboard-service-type
             (home-emacs-dashboard-configuration
diff --git a/oni/home/services/emacs.scm b/oni/home/services/emacs.scm
index 530cd7d..62dfe00 100644
--- a/oni/home/services/emacs.scm
+++ b/oni/home/services/emacs.scm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
                           text-config?
                           serialize-text-config
                           define-maybe
+                          maybe-value
                           maybe-value-set?))
   #:use-module ((gnu packages emacs)
                 #:select (emacs))
@@ -50,8 +51,6 @@
 
   #:export (home-emacs-service-type
             home-emacs-configuration
-
-            home-emacs-helpful-service-type
             home-emacs-helpful-configuration
 
             home-emacs-yasnippet-capf-service-type
@@ -109,19 +108,38 @@
    (text-config '())
    "The configuration for the extension."))
 
-(define-configuration home-emacs-configuration
+(define-configuration/no-serialization home-emacs-helpful-configuration
+  (package
+    (package emacs-helpful)
+    "Package to use for setting emacs-helpful.")
+  (configurations
+   (text-config '())
+   "Configuration for emacs-helpful."))
+
+(define-maybe home-emacs-helpful-configuration)
+
+(define-configuration/no-serialization home-emacs-configuration
   (package
     (package emacs)
     "Package to use for setting Emacs")
   (custom-file
    (string "custom.el")
    "Location of the Custom file where customization settings are stored.")
+  (helpful-configuration
+   maybe-home-emacs-helpful-configuration
+   "Configuration for helpful.")
   (configurations
    (text-config '())
    "A list of other configuration files to autoload"))
 
 (define (add-emacs-packages config)
-  (list (home-emacs-configuration-package config)))
+  (delete *unspecified*
+          (list (home-emacs-configuration-package config)
+                (when (maybe-value-set?
+                       (home-emacs-configuration-helpful-configuration config))
+                  (home-emacs-helpful-configuration-package
+                   (maybe-value
+                    (home-emacs-configuration-helpful-configuration config)))))))
 
 (define (home-emacs-extensions original-config extension-configs)
   (home-emacs-configuration
@@ -148,6 +166,13 @@
      ,(mixed-text-file
        "init.el"
        (serialize-text-config config (home-emacs-configuration-configurations config))
+       (if (maybe-value-set?
+            (home-emacs-configuration-helpful-configuration config))
+           (serialize-text-config
+            config (home-emacs-helpful-configuration-configurations
+                    (maybe-value
+                     (home-emacs-configuration-helpful-configuration config))))
+           "")
        (format #f "(setq custom-file (expand-file-name ~s user-emacs-directory))~%"
                (home-emacs-configuration-custom-file config))
        "(load custom-file :noerror)\n"
@@ -172,37 +197,6 @@
    (default-value (home-emacs-configuration))
    (description "Install and configure Emacs.")))
 
-;;; Emacs Helpful
-
-(define-configuration/no-serialization home-emacs-helpful-configuration
-  (package
-    (package emacs-helpful)
-    "Package to use for setting emacs-helpful.")
-  (configurations
-   (text-config '())
-   "Configuration for emacs-helpful."))
-
-(define (add-emacs-helpful config)
-  (home-emacs-extension
-   (configurations (home-emacs-helpful-configuration-configurations config))))
-
-(define (add-emacs-helpful-packages config)
-  (list (home-emacs-helpful-configuration-package config)))
-
-(define home-emacs-helpful-service-type
-  (service-type
-   (name 'home-emacs-helpful)
-   (extensions
-    (list (service-extension
-           home-emacs-service-type
-           add-emacs-helpful)
-          (service-extension
-           home-profile-service-type
-           add-emacs-helpful-packages)))
-   (compose identity)
-   (default-value (home-emacs-helpful-configuration))
-   (description "Install and configure emacs-helpful.")))
-
 ;;; Emacs Yasnippet Capf
 
 (define-configuration/no-serialization home-emacs-yasnippet-capf-configuration