diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index dd4df835a93c..de60b157e9bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
   cupsSupport ? true,
   cups ? null,
   proprietaryCodecs ? true,
-  pulseSupport ? false,
   libpulseaudio ? null,
   ungoogled ? false,
   ungoogled-chromium,
@@ -394,7 +393,9 @@ let
       libgcrypt
       cups
     ]
-    ++ lib.optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio;
+    ++ [
+      libpulseaudio
+    ];
 
     buildInputs = [
     ]
@@ -455,7 +456,9 @@ let
       libgcrypt
       cups
     ]
-    ++ lib.optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio;
+    ++ [
+      libpulseaudio
+    ];
 
     patches = [
       ./patches/cross-compile.patch
@@ -968,7 +971,7 @@ let
         use_vaapi = false;
         use_v4l2_codec = true;
       }
-      // lib.optionalAttrs pulseSupport {
+      // {
         use_pulseaudio = true;
         link_pulseaudio = true;
       }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index 3c058a84ed64..84f18a19a96c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   enableWideVine ? false,
   ungoogled ? false, # Whether to build chromium or ungoogled-chromium
   cupsSupport ? true,
-  pulseSupport ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
   commandLineArgs ? "",
   pkgsBuildBuild,
   pkgs,
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ let
       inherit
         proprietaryCodecs
         cupsSupport
-        pulseSupport
         ungoogled
         ;
       gnChromium = buildPackages.gn.override upstream-info.deps.gn;