diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
index 82629ca3c6f..2be8ce3e3d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, glib, libxml2, pkgconfig
-, gnomeSupport ? true, libgnome_keyring, sqlite, glib_networking, gobjectIntrospection
+, gnomeSupport ? false, libgnome_keyring, sqlite, glib_networking, gobjectIntrospection
 , libintlOrEmpty
 , intltool, python }:
 let