diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kcoreaddons.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kcoreaddons.nix
index f3a1db7bd48..846b187c866 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kcoreaddons.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kcoreaddons.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 
 kdeFramework {
   name = "kcoreaddons";
+  meta = { maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ]; };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules makeQtWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ shared_mime_info ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ shared_mime_info ];
   postInstall = ''
     wrapQtProgram "$out/bin/desktoptojson"
   '';
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ];
-  };
 }