diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix
index 5310a9acb69..410e8866360 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , glib, gtk3, pango, gdk_pixbuf, cairo, atk, gnome3
 , nss, nspr
 , patchelf, makeWrapper
-, proprietaryCodecs ? true, vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs ? null
+, proprietaryCodecs ? false, vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs ? null
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {