diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix
index 029710206f03..ab3267eae7f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "csound";
-  # When updating, please check if https://github.com/csound/csound/issues/1078
-  # has been fixed in the new version so we can use the normal fluidsynth
-  # version and remove fluidsynth 1.x from nixpkgs again.
   version = "6.16.2";
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f3197712d39a..7af76a7bbfc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24004,9 +24004,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   csa = callPackage ../applications/audio/csa { };
 
-  csound = callPackage ../applications/audio/csound {
-    fluidsynth = fluidsynth_1;
-  };
+  csound = callPackage ../applications/audio/csound { };
 
   csound-manual = callPackage ../applications/audio/csound/csound-manual {
     python = python27;