diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
index 6d919ce520f5..7ca37d114ea2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchzip, python3
 , mkDerivationWith, wrapQtAppsHook, wrapGAppsHook, qtbase, qtwebengine, glib-networking
-, asciidoc, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, libxml2, pipewire_0_2
+, asciidoc, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, libxml2
 , libxslt, gst_all_1 ? null
 , withPdfReader      ? true
 , withMediaPlayback  ? true
 , backend            ? "webengine"
+, pipewireSupport    ? stdenv.isLinux
+, pipewire_0_2
 }:
 
 assert withMediaPlayback -> gst_all_1 != null;
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ in mkDerivationWith python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       "''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}"
       --add-flags '--backend ${backend}'
       --set QUTE_QTWEBENGINE_VERSION_OVERRIDE "${lib.getVersion qtwebengine}"
-      ${lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin && backend == "webengine") ''--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libPath}''}
+      ${lib.optionalString (pipewireSupport && backend == "webengine") ''--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libPath}''}
     )
   '';