diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
index aa0bdbfe56ce..a3d6eca4fa6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       export DVIDecodeDelegate=${tetex}/bin/dvips
     '' else "";
 
-  configureFlags = "" + stdenv.lib.optionalString (ghostscript != null && stdenv.system != "x86_64-darwin") ''
+  configureFlags = "" + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.system != "x86_64-darwin") ''
     --with-gs-font-dir=${ghostscript}/share/ghostscript/fonts
     --with-gslib
   '' + ''
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs =
     [ bzip2 fontconfig freetype libjpeg libpng libtiff libxml2 zlib librsvg
       libtool jasper libX11
-    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (ghostscript != null && stdenv.system != "x86_64-darwin") ghostscript;
+    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.system != "x86_64-darwin") ghostscript;
 
   buildInputs = [ tetex pkgconfig ];