diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
index 76cffa89dbc5..97f775e8e584 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, libva-full }:
+{ callPackage }:
 
 rec {
   gstreamer = callPackage ./core { };
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ rec {
 
   gst-vaapi = callPackage ./vaapi {
     inherit gst-plugins-base gstreamer gst-plugins-bad;
-    libva = libva-full; # looks also for libva-{x11,wayland}
   };
 
   gst-validate = callPackage ./validate { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
index b1108355106f..0ba49da06cfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
 , libXext, libdrm, libXfixes, wayland, libffi, libX11
 , libGL, libGL_driver
-, minimal ? true, libva
+, minimal ? false, libva-minimal
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libva-${lib.optionalString (!minimal) "full-"}${version}";
+  name = "libva-${lib.optionalString minimal "minimal-"}${version}";
   version = "2.1.0";
 
   # update libva-utils and vaapiIntel as well
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libdrm ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (!minimal) [ libva libX11 libXext libXfixes wayland libffi libGL ];
+    ++ lib.optionals (!minimal) [ libva-minimal libX11 libXext libXfixes wayland libffi libGL ];
   # TODO: share libs between minimal and !minimal - perhaps just symlink them
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
index 07c966cbbfcd..984c11d55b9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, lib
 , pkgconfig, intltool, autoreconfHook, substituteAll
 , file, expat, libdrm, xorg, wayland, wayland-protocols, openssl
-, llvmPackages, libffi, libomxil-bellagio, libva
+, llvmPackages, libffi, libomxil-bellagio, libva-minimal
 , libelf, libvdpau, valgrind-light, python2
 , libglvnd
 , grsecEnabled ? false
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ let self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     glproto dri2proto dri3proto presentproto
     libX11 libXext libxcb libXt libXfixes libxshmfence
     libffi wayland wayland-protocols libvdpau libelf libXvMC
-    libomxil-bellagio libva libpthreadstubs openssl/*or another sha1 provider*/
+    libomxil-bellagio libva-minimal libpthreadstubs openssl/*or another sha1 provider*/
     valgrind-light python2
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix
index b1a0ba5809f9..db58c398526a 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ((lib.optionalAttrs (! isNull buildScript) {
   ++ lib.optional odbcSupport            pkgs.unixODBC
   ++ lib.optional netapiSupport          pkgs.samba4
   ++ lib.optional cursesSupport          pkgs.ncurses
-  ++ lib.optional vaSupport              pkgs.libva-full
+  ++ lib.optional vaSupport              pkgs.libva
   ++ lib.optional pcapSupport            pkgs.libpcap
   ++ lib.optional v4lSupport             pkgs.libv4l
   ++ lib.optional saneSupport            pkgs.sane-backends
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b06840e429e2..cba774ac2b94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10328,7 +10328,8 @@ with pkgs;
   });
 
   libva = callPackage ../development/libraries/libva { };
-  libva-full = libva.override { minimal = false; };
+  libva-minimal = libva.override { minimal = true; };
+  libva-full = libva;
   libva-utils = callPackage ../development/libraries/libva-utils { };
 
   libva1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libva/1.0.0.nix { };
@@ -10336,9 +10337,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libvdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau { };
 
-  libvdpau-va-gl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau-va-gl {
-    libva = libva-full; # also wants libva-{x11}
-  };
+  libvdpau-va-gl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau-va-gl { };
 
   libvirt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvirt { };
 
@@ -11109,9 +11108,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
     libopenshot-audio = callPackage ../applications/video/openshot-qt/libopenshot-audio.nix { };
 
-    libqtav = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqtav {
-      libva = libva-full; # also wants libva-x11
-    };
+    libqtav = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqtav { };
 
     kpmcore = callPackage ../development/libraries/kpmcore { };
 
@@ -11644,13 +11641,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   v8_static = lowPrio (self.v8.override { static = true; });
 
-  vaapiIntel = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-intel {
-    libva = libva-full; # also wants libva-{x11,drm,wayland}
-  };
+  vaapiIntel = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-intel { };
 
-  vaapiVdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-vdpau {
-    libva = libva-full; # needs libva-{x11,glx}
-  };
+  vaapiVdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-vdpau { };
 
   vale = callPackage ../tools/text/vale { };
 
@@ -14706,9 +14699,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   autopanosiftc = callPackage ../applications/graphics/autopanosiftc { };
 
-  avidemux = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/avidemux {
-    libva = libva-full;
-  };
+  avidemux = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/avidemux { };
 
   avogadro = callPackage ../applications/science/chemistry/avogadro {
     eigen = eigen2;
@@ -16732,7 +16723,6 @@ with pkgs;
   mpv = callPackage ../applications/video/mpv rec {
     inherit (luaPackages) luasocket;
     youtube-dl = pythonPackages.youtube-dl;
-    libva      = libva-full;
     waylandSupport     = stdenv.isLinux;
     alsaSupport        = !stdenv.isDarwin;
     pulseSupport       = !stdenv.isDarwin;
@@ -18142,7 +18132,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vlc = callPackage ../applications/video/vlc {
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg_2;
-    libva = libva-full; # also wants libva-x11
   };
 
   vlc_npapi = callPackage ../applications/video/vlc/plugin.nix {
@@ -18399,9 +18388,7 @@ with pkgs;
     gtk = gtk2;
   };
 
-  kodiPlain = callPackage ../applications/video/kodi {
-    libva = libva-full;
-  };
+  kodiPlain = callPackage ../applications/video/kodi { };
   xbmcPlain = kodiPlain;
 
   kodiPlugins = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/video/kodi/plugins.nix {});