diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index 828db24c325a..8304dd15597b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, fetchpatch, iasl, dev86, pam, libxslt, libxml2
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, lib, fetchpatch, iasl, dev86, pam, libxslt, libxml2
 , libX11, xorgproto, libXext, libXcursor, libXmu, qt5, libIDL, SDL, libcap
 , libpng, glib, lvm2, libXrandr, libXinerama, libopus
 , pkgconfig, which, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_43
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , javaBindings ? false, jdk ? null
 , pythonBindings ? false, python2 ? null
 , extensionPack ? null, fakeroot ? null
-, pulseSupport ? false, libpulseaudio ? null
+, pulseSupport ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux, libpulseaudio ? null
 , enableHardening ? false
 , headless ? false
 , enable32bitGuests ? true
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82d214d61a63..9e8ca93f4f19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19726,7 +19726,6 @@ in
   virtualbox = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virtualbox {
     stdenv = stdenv_32bit;
     inherit (gnome2) libIDL;
-    pulseSupport = config.pulseaudio or true;
   };
 
   virtualboxHardened = lowPrio (virtualbox.override {