diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
index e2fcc3c4626..0212560cd03 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, jansson
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, jansson
 # deadbeef can use either gtk2 or gtk3
 , gtk2Support ? false, gtk2 ? null
 , gtk3Support ? true, gtk3 ? null, gsettings-desktop-schemas ? null, wrapGAppsHook ? null
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 , osdSupport ? true, dbus ? null
 # output plugins
 , alsaSupport ? true, alsaLib ? null
-, pulseSupport ? true, libpulseaudio ? null
+, pulseSupport ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux, libpulseaudio ? null
 # effect plugins
 , resamplerSupport ? true, libsamplerate ? null
 , overloadSupport ? true, zlib ? null
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e4172105b12..01af6e5b601 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16443,9 +16443,7 @@ in
 
   ddgr = callPackage ../applications/misc/ddgr { };
 
-  deadbeef = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef {
-    pulseSupport = config.pulseaudio or true;
-  };
+  deadbeef = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef { };
 
   deadbeefPlugins = {
     headerbar-gtk3 = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/headerbar-gtk3.nix { };