diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b8bff39ae8f67..156b083503d15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3824,7 +3824,6 @@ in
   };
 
   hdf5 = callPackage ../tools/misc/hdf5 {
-    stdenv = gcc7Stdenv;
     gfortran = null;
     szip = null;
     mpi = null;