diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
index ae2c3ce86bcf..11a4b1a51aad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , wayland, wlroots, gtkmm3, libsigcxx, jsoncpp, fmt, scdoc, spdlog, gtk-layer-shell
 , howard-hinnant-date, cmake
 , traySupport  ? true,  libdbusmenu-gtk3
-, pulseSupport ? false, libpulseaudio
+, pulseSupport ? true,  libpulseaudio
 , nlSupport    ? true,  libnl
 , udevSupport  ? true,  udev
 , swaySupport  ? true,  sway
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2c9168f5ae99..1c4ace3a23f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21211,9 +21211,7 @@ in
 
   swaylock-effects = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway/lock-effects.nix { };
 
-  waybar = callPackage ../applications/misc/waybar {
-    pulseSupport = config.pulseaudio or false;
-  };
+  waybar = callPackage ../applications/misc/waybar { };
 
   hikari = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/hikari { };