diff --git a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dwarf-therapist/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dwarf-therapist/default.nix
index 65eb7d49771..6c094ff20f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dwarf-therapist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dwarf-therapist/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, coreutils, qtbase, qtdeclarative, texlive }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, coreutils, qtbase, qtdeclarative, qmakeHook, texlive }:
 
 let
   version = "37.0.0";
@@ -15,14 +15,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "layouts" ];
   buildInputs = [ qtbase qtdeclarative ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ texlive ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ texlive qmakeHook ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    $QMAKE PREFIX=$out
-  '';
-
   # Move layout files so they cannot be found by Therapist
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $layouts