diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
index 97937999bb..7b3bc658d5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=hexchat
 version=2.16.0
 revision=3
 build_style=meson
-configure_args="-Ddbus=enabled -Dtls=enabled -Dwith-text=false
+configure_args="-Ddbus=enabled -Dtls=enabled
  -Dwith-perl=/usr/bin/perl -Dwith-python=python3
  -Dwith-lua=$(vopt_if LuaJIT luajit lua) -Dlibcanberra=enabled"
 hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config glib-devel"