diff --git a/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
index 91053019ac1..99eac2760dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, jansson, pcre
 # plugins: list of strings, eg. [ "python2" "python3" ]
-, plugins
-, pam, withPAM ? false
-, systemd, withSystemd ? false
+, plugins ? []
+, pam, withPAM ? stdenv.isLinux
+, systemd, withSystemd ? stdenv.isLinux
 , python2, python3, ncurses
 , ruby, php-embed, mysql
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b9e1b3c61fb..d1f0749075a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5916,11 +5916,7 @@ in
 
   usync = callPackage ../applications/misc/usync { };
 
-  uwsgi = callPackage ../servers/uwsgi {
-    plugins = [];
-    withPAM = stdenv.isLinux;
-    withSystemd = stdenv.isLinux;
-  };
+  uwsgi = callPackage ../servers/uwsgi { };
 
   vacuum = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum {};