diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
index 194ce3b39b1d..68433d1471d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenvNoCC, subversion, glibcLocales, sshSupport ? false, openssh ? null}:
+{stdenvNoCC, subversion, glibcLocales, sshSupport ? true, openssh ? null}:
 {url, rev ? "HEAD", md5 ? "", sha256 ? ""
 , ignoreExternals ? false, ignoreKeywords ? false, name ? null
 , preferLocalBuild ? true }:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3e7c8b32fb66..ce595b3e4f7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -226,9 +226,7 @@ in
 
   fetchs3 = callPackage ../build-support/fetchs3 { };
 
-  fetchsvn = callPackage ../build-support/fetchsvn {
-    sshSupport = true;
-  };
+  fetchsvn = callPackage ../build-support/fetchsvn { };
 
   fetchsvnrevision = import ../build-support/fetchsvnrevision runCommand subversion;