diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/guvcview/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/guvcview/default.nix
index 1afd1078c03e..acafa0376f5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/guvcview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/guvcview/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig
 , gtk3, portaudio, SDL2, ffmpeg, udev, libusb1, libv4l, alsaLib, gsl
-, pulseaudioSupport ? true, libpulseaudio ? null }:
+, pulseaudioSupport ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux, libpulseaudio ? null }:
 
 assert pulseaudioSupport -> libpulseaudio != null;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 487456ba58a1..2884e80e4c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17534,9 +17534,7 @@ in
 
   gv = callPackage ../applications/misc/gv { };
 
-  guvcview = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/guvcview {
-    pulseaudioSupport = config.pulseaudio or true;
-  };
+  guvcview = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/guvcview { };
 
   gxmessage = callPackage ../applications/misc/gxmessage { };