diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-tools/default.nix
index f3e014bde9d..a21cbce0666 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-tools/default.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  phases = "unpackPhase patchPhase configurePhase buildPhase installPhase fixupPhase";
-
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib pkgconfig gtk gtk3 fltk13 ];
 
   patchPhase = ''