diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b698966c213a..cc6d4868f62a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5524,7 +5524,6 @@ in
   mailpile = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/mailpile { };
 
   mailutils = callPackage ../tools/networking/mailutils {
-    guile = guile_2_0;  # compilation fails with guile 2.2
     sasl = gsasl;
   };