diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index ab1c82a7fe4a..c14d0cda1df5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   cmakeFlags =
-    [ "-DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM=ON"
+    [
+      "-DWITH_ALEMBIC=OFF"
+      "-DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM=ON"
       "-DWITH_CODEC_FFMPEG=ON"
       "-DWITH_CODEC_SNDFILE=ON"
       "-DWITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE=OFF"