diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index edb0b4ce02c..378e2a8224c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 , libva ? null # useVaapi
 
 # package customization
-, enableNaCl ? false
 , useVaapi ? false
 , gnomeSupport ? false, gnome ? null
 , gnomeKeyringSupport ? false, libgnome-keyring3 ? null
@@ -228,7 +227,9 @@ let
       use_sysroot = false;
       use_gnome_keyring = gnomeKeyringSupport;
       use_gio = gnomeSupport;
-      enable_nacl = enableNaCl;
+      # ninja: error: '../../native_client/toolchain/linux_x86/pnacl_newlib/bin/x86_64-nacl-objcopy',
+      # needed by 'nacl_irt_x86_64.nexe', missing and no known rule to make it
+      enable_nacl = false;
       enable_widevine = true;
       use_cups = cupsSupport;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index 7ef2bd20539..5f7dc485f3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 # package customization
 , channel ? "stable"
-, enableNaCl ? false
 , gnomeSupport ? false, gnome ? null
 , gnomeKeyringSupport ? false
 , proprietaryCodecs ? true
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ let
     upstream-info = (callPackage ./update.nix {}).getChannel channel;
 
     mkChromiumDerivation = callPackage ./common.nix {
-      inherit enableNaCl gnomeSupport gnome
-              gnomeKeyringSupport proprietaryCodecs cupsSupport pulseSupport
-              useVaapi;
+      inherit gnome gnomeSupport gnomeKeyringSupport proprietaryCodecs cupsSupport pulseSupport useVaapi;
     };
 
     browser = callPackage ./browser.nix { inherit channel enableWideVine; };