diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix
index 95b7dd18425..df19ac94228 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cantata/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 , withDevices ? true, udisks2
 , withDynamic ? true
 , withHttpServer ? true
-, withLibVlc ? false, vlc
+, withLibVlc ? false, libvlc
 , withStreams ? true
 }:
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ in mkDerivation {
     ++ lib.optional  withMtp libmtp
     ++ lib.optional  withMusicbrainz libmusicbrainz5
     ++ lib.optional  withUdisks udisks2
-    ++ lib.optional  withLibVlc vlc;
+    ++ lib.optional  withLibVlc libvlc;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig qttools ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4d1bd25da33..2fc82e4c12b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2634,9 +2634,7 @@ in
 
   davix = callPackage ../tools/networking/davix { };
 
-  cantata = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/cantata {
-    inherit vlc;
-  };
+  cantata = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/cantata { };
 
   can-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/can-utils { };