diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
index 2ae33a1eaa5..d198c595135 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem, perlSupport, libX11, libXt, libXft,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem, perlSupport ? true, libX11, libXt, libXft,
   ncurses, perl, fontconfig, freetype, pkgconfig, libXrender,
-  gdkPixbufSupport, gdk_pixbuf, unicode3Support }:
+  gdkPixbufSupport ? true, gdk_pixbuf, unicode3Support ? true }:
 
 let
   pname = "rxvt-unicode";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d88d1abf2da..ab21195a794 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19108,11 +19108,7 @@ in
   rxvt = callPackage ../applications/misc/rxvt { };
 
   # urxvt
-  rxvt_unicode = callPackage ../applications/misc/rxvt_unicode {
-    perlSupport = true;
-    gdkPixbufSupport = true;
-    unicode3Support = true;
-  };
+  rxvt_unicode = callPackage ../applications/misc/rxvt_unicode { };
 
   rxvt_unicode-with-plugins = callPackage ../applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/wrapper.nix {
     plugins = [