diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
index 611f6f08909..e2082088fc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl,
-qt, libX11, libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, ghostscript, zlib, libungif,
-x11, mesa
-}:
+args: with args;
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "djvulibre-3.5.19";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index edd36ae1e8c..eb505a5d979 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4137,7 +4137,7 @@ rec {
   djvulibre = import ../applications/misc/djvulibre {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl libjpeg libtiff libungif zlib
 	ghostscript libpng x11 mesa;
-    qt = qt3;
+    qt = if (getConfig ["djvulibre" "qt3Frontend"] true) then qt3 else null;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11;
   };