diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index e803c7eae840..996e982bdc59 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { config, stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchzip, boost, cmake, ffmpeg, gettext, glew
-, ilmbase, libepoxy, libXi, libX11, libXext, libXrender
+, libepoxy, libXi, libX11, libXext, libXrender
 , libjpeg, libpng, libsamplerate, libsndfile
 , libtiff, libwebp, libGLU, libGL, openal, opencolorio, openexr, openimagedenoise, openimageio, openjpeg, python310Packages
 , openvdb, libXxf86vm, tbb, alembic
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs =
-    [ boost ffmpeg gettext glew ilmbase
+    [ boost ffmpeg gettext glew
       freetype libjpeg libpng libsamplerate libsndfile libtiff libwebp
       opencolorio openexr openimageio openjpeg python zlib zstd fftw fftwFloat jemalloc
       alembic
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
       "-DOPTIX_ROOT_DIR=${optix}"
     ];
 
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR -I${python}/include/${python.libPrefix}";
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${python}/include/${python.libPrefix}";
 
   # Since some dependencies are built with gcc 6, we need gcc 6's
   # libstdc++ in our RPATH. Sigh.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7857b0f587b..5105333e58f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30659,6 +30659,7 @@ with pkgs;
   blender = callPackage  ../applications/misc/blender {
     # LLVM 11 crashes when compiling GHOST_SystemCocoa.mm
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin then llvmPackages_10.stdenv else stdenv;
+    openexr = openexr_3;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa CoreGraphics ForceFeedback OpenAL OpenGL;
   };