diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix
index 2ec7f433596c..09d8e888837e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{fetchurl, stdenv, flex, bdb}:
+{fetchurl, stdenv, flex, db4}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bogofilter-1.2.4";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # FIXME: We would need `pax' as a "propagated build input" (for use
   # by the `bf_tar' script) but we don't have it currently.
 
-  buildInputs = [ flex bdb ];
+  buildInputs = [ flex db4 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c0ec422f9e0..42957a9db366 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -612,9 +612,7 @@ let
     inherit unzip;
   };
 
-  bogofilter = callPackage ../tools/misc/bogofilter {
-    bdb = db4;
-  };
+  bogofilter = callPackage ../tools/misc/bogofilter { };
 
   bsdiff = callPackage ../tools/compression/bsdiff { };