diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
index 722f5344905..cd944a6788f 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, expat, openssl, autoconf
+{ config, stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, expat, openssl, autoconf
 , libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, freetype, fontconfig, libpaper, jbig2dec
 , libiconv, ijs
-, x11Support ? false, xlibsWrapper ? null
-, cupsSupport ? false, cups ? null
+, cupsSupport ? config.ghostscript.cups or (!stdenv.isDarwin), cups ? null
+, x11Support ? cupsSupport, xlibsWrapper ? null # with CUPS, X11 only adds very little
 }:
 
 assert x11Support -> xlibsWrapper != null;
 assert cupsSupport -> cups != null;
+
 let
   version = "9.${ver_min}";
   ver_min = "26";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index db91b61ac35..98d98e9e524 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22347,10 +22347,7 @@ in
 
   gensgs = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage ../misc/emulators/gens-gs { };
 
-  ghostscript = callPackage ../misc/ghostscript rec {
-    cupsSupport = config.ghostscript.cups or (!stdenv.isDarwin);
-    x11Support = cupsSupport; # with CUPS, X11 only adds very little
-  };
+  ghostscript = callPackage ../misc/ghostscript { };
 
   ghostscriptX = appendToName "with-X" (ghostscript.override {
     cupsSupport = true;