diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9d473bae588..7b35f1e93a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6274,12 +6274,10 @@ let
 
   mlt-qt4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/mlt {
     qt = qt4;
-    SDL = SDL_pulseaudio;
   };
 
   mlt-qt5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/mlt {
     qt = qt5;
-    SDL = SDL_pulseaudio;
   };
 
   movit = callPackage ../development/libraries/movit { };
@@ -6652,7 +6650,7 @@ let
     openglSupport = mesaSupported;
     alsaSupport = (!stdenv.isDarwin);
     x11Support = true;
-    pulseaudioSupport = stdenv.isDarwin; # better go through ALSA
+    pulseaudioSupport = true;
 
     # resolve the unrecognized -fpascal-strings option error
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin
@@ -6660,9 +6658,6 @@ let
       else stdenv;
   };
 
-  # Fixes major problems with choppy sound in MLT / Kdenlive / Shotcut
-  SDL_pulseaudio = SDL.override { pulseaudioSupport = true; };
-
   SDL_gfx = callPackage ../development/libraries/SDL_gfx { };
 
   SDL_image = callPackage ../development/libraries/SDL_image {
@@ -11233,7 +11228,6 @@ let
   hedgewars = callPackage ../games/hedgewars {
     inherit (haskellPackages) ghc network vector utf8String bytestringShow
       random hslogger dataenc;
-    SDL = SDL_pulseaudio;
   };
 
   hexen = callPackage ../games/hexen { };