diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 74e3963b733f..7b4517624164 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, perl, curl, bzip2, sqlite, openssl ? null, xz
-, pkgconfig, boehmgc, perlPackages, libsodium, aws-sdk-cpp, brotli, boost
+, pkgconfig, boehmgc, perlPackages, libsodium, brotli, boost
 , autoreconfHook, autoconf-archive, bison, flex, libxml2, libxslt, docbook5, docbook_xsl_ns
 , busybox-sandbox-shell
 , storeDir ? "/nix/store"
 , stateDir ? "/nix/var"
 , confDir ? "/etc"
 , withLibseccomp ? libseccomp.meta.available, libseccomp
+, withAWS ? stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin, aws-sdk-cpp
 }:
 
 let
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ let
       ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) libsodium
       ++ lib.optionals is20 [ brotli boost ]
       ++ lib.optional withLibseccomp libseccomp
-      ++ lib.optional ((stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) && is20)
+      ++ lib.optional (withAWS && is20)
           ((aws-sdk-cpp.override {
             apis = ["s3" "transfer"];
             customMemoryManagement = false;