diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
index 23b5ce0198e1..dd8c9b143a66 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   config,
   pkgs,
-  # zathura_pdf_mupdf fails to load _opj_create_decompress at runtime on Darwin (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61295#issue-277982980)
-  useMupdf ? config.zathura.useMupdf or (!pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin),
+  useMupdf ? true,
 }:
 
 let