diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
index fe159afe685..87563d6a9cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, apr, expat, gnused
 , sslSupport ? true, openssl
-, bdbSupport ? false, db
+, bdbSupport ? true, db
 , ldapSupport ? !stdenv.isCygwin, openldap
 , libiconv
 , cyrus_sasl, autoreconfHook
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b26c7634ad7..c45ba40ba28 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9272,7 +9272,6 @@ in
   apr = callPackage ../development/libraries/apr { };
 
   aprutil = callPackage ../development/libraries/apr-util {
-    bdbSupport = true;
     db = if stdenv.isFreeBSD then db4 else db;
     # XXX: only the db_185 interface was available through
     #      apr with db58 on freebsd (nov 2015), for unknown reasons