diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
index e40accf8b44..0b052b094e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, config, libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, ghostscript
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, useQt3 ? true, libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, ghostscript
 , libungif, zlib, x11, libX11, mesa, qt3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libjpeg libtiff libpng ghostscript zlib libungif ] ++
-    (if config "qt3" true then [qt3 libX11 x11 mesa] else []);
+    stdenv.lib.optionals useQt3 [qt3 libX11 x11 mesa];
 
   meta = {
     description = "A library and viewer for the DJVU file format for scanned images";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82f37490761..d11427e4078 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7045,10 +7045,9 @@ let
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk glib;
   };
 
-  djvulibre = import ../applications/misc/djvulibre {
+  djvulibre = makeOverridable (import ../applications/misc/djvulibre) {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl lib libjpeg libtiff libungif qt3 zlib
       ghostscript libpng mesa x11;
-    config = getPkgConfig "djvulibre";
     inherit (xlibs) libX11;
   };