diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 24c3a222bbf..6253b9fa409 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ let
 
   gnumake = import ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-    log2xmlSupport = getConfig [ "gnuMake" "log2xmlSupport" ] true;
+    log2xmlSupport = getConfig [ "gnuMake" "log2xmlSupport" ] false;
   };
 
   # The modified version of GNU Make with support for `nix-log2xml'.