diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
index 2f763290e32d..03a4516b8516 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ with lib;
       networkmanager-vpnc = super.networkmanager-vpnc.override { withGnome = false; };
       pango = super.pango.override { x11Support = false; };
       pinentry = super.pinentry.override { enabledFlavors = [ "curses" "tty" "emacs" ]; withLibsecret = false; };
-      pipewire = super.pipewire.override { x11Support = false; };
+      pipewire = super.pipewire.override { vulkanSupport = false; x11Support = false; };
       pythonPackagesExtensions = super.pythonPackagesExtensions ++ [
         (python-final: python-prev: {
           # tk feature requires wayland which fails to compile
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
index 4cfcf9b3a6d8..7b470f836756 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 , libusb1
 , udev
 , libsndfile
+, vulkanSupport ? true
 , vulkan-headers
 , vulkan-loader
 , webrtc-audio-processing
@@ -125,8 +126,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation(finalAttrs: {
     ncurses
     readline
     udev
-    vulkan-headers
-    vulkan-loader
     tinycompress
   ] ++ (if enableSystemd then [ systemd ] else [ eudev ])
   ++ (if lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform webrtc-audio-processing_1 then [ webrtc-audio-processing_1 ] else [ webrtc-audio-processing ])
@@ -140,6 +139,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation(finalAttrs: {
   ++ lib.optional zeroconfSupport avahi
   ++ lib.optional raopSupport openssl
   ++ lib.optional rocSupport roc-toolkit
+  ++ lib.optionals vulkanSupport [ vulkan-headers vulkan-loader ]
   ++ lib.optionals x11Support [ libcanberra xorg.libX11 xorg.libXfixes ]
   ++ lib.optional mysofaSupport libmysofa
   ++ lib.optional ffadoSupport ffado;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation(finalAttrs: {
     (lib.mesonOption "sysconfdir" "/etc")
     (lib.mesonEnable "raop" raopSupport)
     (lib.mesonOption "session-managers" "")
-    (lib.mesonEnable "vulkan" true)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "vulkan" vulkanSupport)
     (lib.mesonEnable "x11" x11Support)
     (lib.mesonEnable "x11-xfixes" x11Support)
     (lib.mesonEnable "libcanberra" x11Support)