diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config b/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config
index 2ae4479b..b1e2d166 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 import configparser
-import os
+import pathlib
 import sys
 
 import osbuild.api
 
 
 def main(tree, options):
-    path = options["path"]
     conf = options["conf"]
+    name = conf["name"]
 
     inip = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    inip[conf["name"]] = conf
+    inip[name] = conf
 
     # we need to handle enabled profiles as a string as configparser
     # would normally write [a, b]
-    inip[conf["name"]]["profiles"] = ", ".join(conf["profiles"])
+    inip[name]["profiles"] = ", ".join(conf["profiles"])
 
-    with open(os.path.join(tree, path), "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+    path = pathlib.Path(tree) / "etc/dnf/modules.d" / f"{name}.conf"
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
         inip.write(file)
 
     return 0
diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config.meta.json b/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config.meta.json
index b59c24e6..c9ac5077 100644
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config.meta.json
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.dnf.module-config.meta.json
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "description": "DNF configuration.",
       "properties": {
-        "path": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "description": "Path to write the module configuration to."
-        },
         "conf": {
           "additionalProperties": false,
           "type": "object",
diff --git a/stages/test/test_dnf_module_config.py b/stages/test/test_dnf_module_config.py
index 2e2f66cb..9c9dad97 100644
--- a/stages/test/test_dnf_module_config.py
+++ b/stages/test/test_dnf_module_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ STAGE_NAME = "org.osbuild.dnf.module-config"
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_data,expected_err", [
     # bad
     ({"conf": "must-be-object"}, "'must-be-object' is not of type 'object'"),
-    ({"path": {}}, "{} is not of type 'string'"),
     # good
     ({
         "conf":
@@ -40,13 +39,11 @@ def test_dnf_module_config_schema_validation(stage_schema, test_data, expected_e
 
 def test_dnf_module_config_writes_file(tmp_path, stage_module):
     treepath = tmp_path / "tree"
-    confpath = "etc/dnf/modules.d/module.conf"
+    confpath = "etc/dnf/modules.d/some-module.conf"
+
     fullpath = treepath / confpath
 
-    fullpath.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
     options = {
-        "path": confpath,
         "conf": {
             "name": "some-module",
             "stream": "some-stream",