diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix
index b8dec370a37a..df814ac47492 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mympd/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DENABLE_LUA=ON"
     # Otherwise, it tries to parse $out/etc/mympd.conf on startup.
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc"
     # similarly here