diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
index 69a71c6563cb..506ff5f10c8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 , libxml2
 , libzip
 , ncurses
+, xlsSupport ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -35,11 +36,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     gnuplot
-    libxls
-    libxlsxwriter
     libxml2
     libzip
     ncurses
+  ] ++ lib.optionals xlsSupport [
+    libxls
+    libxlsxwriter
   ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "prefix=${placeholder "out"}" ];