diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
index e5cb54723d3..92d1a3446c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (enableFeature withSidebar  "sidebar")
     "--enable-smtp"
     "--enable-pop"
-    "--enable-imap"
     "--with-mailpath="
 
     # Look in $PATH at runtime, instead of hardcoding /usr/bin/sendmail