diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.8/default.nix
index 6d2e25709b5..1b08bb090b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.8/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk2, libXinerama, libSM, libXxf86vm, xorgproto
 , gstreamer, gst-plugins-base, GConf, libX11, cairo
-, withMesa ? true, libGLU ? null, libGL ? null
+, libGLSupported
+, withMesa ? libGLSupported, libGLU ? null, libGL ? null
 , compat24 ? false, compat26 ? true, unicode ? true,
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix
index 426f5cf92a1..1938b15efbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk2, libXinerama, libSM, libXxf86vm, xorgproto
 , gstreamer, gst-plugins-base, GConf, setfile
-, withMesa ? true, libGLU ? null, libGL ? null
+, libGLSupported
+, withMesa ? libGLSupported, libGLU ? null, libGL ? null
 , compat24 ? false, compat26 ? true, unicode ? true
 , Carbon ? null, Cocoa ? null, Kernel ? null, QuickTime ? null, AGL ? null
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix
index 45bf5f779c2..948b261fe45 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig
 , gtk2, gtk3, libXinerama, libSM, libXxf86vm
 , xorgproto, gstreamer, gst-plugins-base, GConf, setfile
-, withMesa ? true, libGLU ? null, libGL ? null
+, libGLSupported
+, withMesa ? libGLSupported, libGLU ? null, libGL ? null
 , compat24 ? false, compat26 ? true, unicode ? true
 , withGtk2 ? true
 , withWebKit ? false, webkitgtk24x-gtk2 ? null, webkitgtk ? null
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7faa9161bd..afd9c9c0df9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13008,21 +13008,18 @@ in
 
   wxGTK28 = callPackage ../development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.8 {
     inherit (gnome2) GConf;
-    withMesa = lib.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
   };
 
   wxGTK29 = callPackage ../development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9 {
     inherit (gnome2) GConf;
     inherit (darwin.stubs) setfile;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AGL Carbon Cocoa Kernel QuickTime;
-    withMesa = lib.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
   };
 
   wxGTK30 = callPackage ../development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0 {
     inherit (gnome2) GConf;
     inherit (darwin.stubs) setfile;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AGL Carbon Cocoa Kernel QTKit;
-    withMesa = lib.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
   };
 
   wxGTK31 = callPackage ../development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.1 {};