diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/default.nix
index 3ecd91aaca1..14ba0f8c2a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/default.nix
@@ -1,113 +1,21 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, qt4, fontconfig, freetype, libpng, zlib, libjpeg
-, openssl, libX11, libXext, libXrender, overrideDerivation }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qt5, fontconfig, freetype, libpng, zlib, libjpeg
+, openssl, libX11, libXext, libXrender }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.12.4";
+  version = "0.12.5";
   name = "wkhtmltopdf-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "wkhtmltopdf";
     repo   = "wkhtmltopdf";
     rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "09yzj9ylc6ci4a1qlhz60cgxi1nm9afwjrjxfikf8wwjd3i24vp2";
+    sha256 = "0i6b6z3f4szspbbi23qr3hv22j9bhmcj7c1jizr7y0ra43mrgws1";
   };
 
-  wkQt = overrideDerivation qt4 (deriv: {
-    name = "qt-mod-4.8.7";
-    enableParallelBuilding = true;
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner  = "wkhtmltopdf";
-      repo   = "qt";
-      rev    = "fe194f9dac0b515757392a18f7fc9527c91d45ab"; # From git submodule spec in wkhtml repo.
-      sha256 = "1j2ld2bfacnn3vm2l1870v55sj82bq4y8zkawmlx2y5j63d8vr23";
-    };
-    configureFlags =
-      ''
-        -dbus-linked
-        -glib
-        -no-separate-debug-info
-        -openssl-linked
-        -qdbus
-        -v
-      ''
-      + # This is taken from the wkhtml build script that we don't run
-      ''
-        -confirm-license
-        -exceptions
-        -fast
-        -graphicssystem raster
-        -iconv
-        -largefile
-        -no-3dnow
-        -no-accessibility
-        -no-audio-backend
-        -no-avx
-        -no-cups
-        -no-dbus
-        -no-declarative
-        -no-glib
-        -no-gstreamer
-        -no-gtkstyle
-        -no-icu
-        -no-javascript-jit
-        -no-libmng
-        -no-libtiff
-        -nomake demos
-        -nomake docs
-        -nomake examples
-        -nomake tests
-        -nomake tools
-        -nomake translations
-        -no-mitshm
-        -no-mmx
-        -no-multimedia
-        -no-nas-sound
-        -no-neon
-        -no-nis
-        -no-opengl
-        -no-openvg
-        -no-pch
-        -no-phonon
-        -no-phonon-backend
-        -no-qt3support
-        -no-rpath
-        -no-scripttools
-        -no-sm
-        -no-sql-ibase
-        -no-sql-mysql
-        -no-sql-odbc
-        -no-sql-psql
-        -no-sql-sqlite
-        -no-sql-sqlite2
-        -no-sse
-        -no-sse2
-        -no-sse3
-        -no-sse4.1
-        -no-sse4.2
-        -no-ssse3
-        -no-stl
-        -no-xcursor
-        -no-xfixes
-        -no-xinerama
-        -no-xinput
-        -no-xkb
-        -no-xrandr
-        -no-xshape
-        -no-xsync
-        -opensource
-        -release
-        -static
-        -system-libjpeg
-        -system-libpng
-        -system-zlib
-        -webkit
-        -xmlpatterns
-      '';
-  });
-
   buildInputs = [
-    wkQt fontconfig freetype libpng zlib libjpeg openssl
+    fontconfig freetype libpng zlib libjpeg openssl
     libX11 libXext libXrender
+    qt5.qtwebkit qt5.qtsvg
   ];
 
   prePatch = ''
@@ -116,14 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "make-0.12.4-compile.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/efx/aports/raw/eb9f8e6bb9a488460929db747b15b8fceddd7abd/testing/wkhtmltopdf/10-patch1.patch";
-      sha256 = "1c136jz0klr2rmhmy13gdbgsgkpjfdp2sif8bnw8d23mr9pym3s1";
-    })
-  ];
-
   configurePhase = "qmake wkhtmltopdf.pro INSTALLBASE=$out";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/makefix.patch b/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/makefix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0642a23afa9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/makefix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/src/image/image.pro b/src/image/image.pro
---- a/src/image/image.pro	2014-08-28 14:07:51.024561967 +0200
-+++ b/src/image/image.pro	2014-08-28 14:08:22.383623390 +0200
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
- 
- unix {
-     man.path=$$INSTALLBASE/share/man/man1
--    man.extra=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../bin/ ../../bin/wkhtmltoimage --manpage | gzip > $(INSTALL_ROOT)/share/man/man1/wkhtmltoimage.1.gz
-+    man.extra=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../bin/ ../../bin/wkhtmltoimage --manpage | gzip > $$INSTALLBASE/share/man/man1/wkhtmltoimage.1.gz
- 
-     QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += man
-     INSTALLS += man
-diff -Naur a/src/pdf/pdf.pro b/src/pdf/pdf.pro
---- a/src/pdf/pdf.pro	2014-08-28 14:10:02.305818775 +0200
-+++ b/src/pdf/pdf.pro	2014-08-28 14:09:47.360789555 +0200
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
- 
- unix {
-     man.path=$$INSTALLBASE/share/man/man1
--    man.extra=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../bin/ ../../bin/wkhtmltopdf --manpage | gzip > $(INSTALL_ROOT)/share/man/man1/wkhtmltopdf.1.gz
-+    man.extra=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../bin/ ../../bin/wkhtmltopdf --manpage | gzip > $$INSTALLBASE/share/man/man1/wkhtmltopdf.1.gz
- 
-     QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += man
-     INSTALLS += man
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7e0425b26b9..9e9dd3afa25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6045,9 +6045,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wireguard-go = callPackage ../tools/networking/wireguard-go { };
 
-  wkhtmltopdf = callPackage ../tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf {
-    overrideDerivation = lib.overrideDerivation;
-  };
+  wkhtmltopdf = callPackage ../tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf { };
 
   wml = callPackage ../development/web/wml { };