diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cool-old-term/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cool-old-term/default.nix
index 76d78f00402..c56393a1be8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cool-old-term/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cool-old-term/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qt53 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qt5 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.9";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "8462f3eded7b2219acc143258544b0dfac32d81e10cac61ff14276d426704c93";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt53 ];
+  buildInputs = [ qt5 ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
     pushd ./konsole-qml-plugin
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     cat > $out/bin/cool-old-term <<EOF
     #!${stdenv.shell}
-    ${qt53}/bin/qmlscene -I $out/lib/cool-old-term/imports $out/share/cool-old-term/app/main.qml
+    ${qt5}/bin/qmlscene -I $out/lib/cool-old-term/imports $out/share/cool-old-term/app/main.qml
     EOF
     chmod a+x $out/bin/cool-old-term
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix
index fe290fd69fc..79b26916df2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
-  v_maj = "5.2";
-  v_min = "1";
+  v_maj = "5.3";
+  v_min = "2";
   ver = "${v_maj}.${v_min}";
 in
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/"
       + "${v_maj}/${ver}/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-${ver}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "18bxrnyis7xbhpxpf7w42i54hs4qr062b1wx4c0dpmja3lc29sc4";
+    sha256 = "0b98n2jl62dyqxwn1gdj9xmk8wrrdxnazr65fdk5qw1hmlpgvly8";
   };
 
   # The version property must be kept because it will be included into the QtSDK package name
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches =
     [ ./glib-2.32.patch
       (substituteAll {
-        src = ./qt-5.2-dlopen-absolute-paths.patch;
+        src = ./qt-5.3-dlopen-absolute-paths.patch;
         inherit cups icu libXfixes;
         glibc = stdenv.gcc.libc;
         openglDriver = if mesaSupported then mesa.driverLink else "/no-such-path";
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     -gui
     -widgets
     -opengl desktop
-    -javascript-jit
     -qml-debug
     -nis
     -iconv
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://qt-project.org;
     description = "A cross-platform application framework for C++";
     license = "GPL/LGPL";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bbenoist ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bbenoist maintainers.qknight ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.2-dlopen-absolute-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.2-dlopen-absolute-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3163e235d02..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.2-dlopen-absolute-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1-orig/qtbase/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo_unix.cpp qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1/qtbase/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo_unix.cpp
---- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1-orig/qtbase/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo_unix.cpp	2013-08-25 20:03:35.000000000 +0200
-+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1/qtbase/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo_unix.cpp	2013-09-25 17:43:14.047015411 +0200
-@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
-     if (!lib.load())
- #endif
-     {
--        lib.setFileName(QLatin1String("resolv"));
-+        lib.setFileName(QLatin1String("@glibc@/lib/libresolv"));
-         if (!lib.load())
-             return;
-     }
-diff -ruN qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1-orig/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qglxintegration.cpp qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qglxintegration.cpp
---- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1-orig/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qglxintegration.cpp	2013-08-25 20:03:35.000000000 +0200
-+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1/qtbase/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qglxintegration.cpp	2013-09-25 17:51:29.834674976 +0200
-@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
-             {
-                 extern const QString qt_gl_library_name();
- //                QLibrary lib(qt_gl_library_name());
--                QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("GL"));
-+                QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("@openglDriver@/lib/libGL"));
-                 glXGetProcAddressARB = (qt_glXGetProcAddressARB) lib.resolve("glXGetProcAddressARB");
-             }
-         }
-diff -ruN qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1-orig/qtbase/src/printsupport/kernel/qcups.cpp qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1/qtbase/src/printsupport/kernel/qcups.cpp
---- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1-orig/qtbase/src/printsupport/kernel/qcups.cpp	2013-08-25 20:03:36.000000000 +0200
-+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1/qtbase/src/printsupport/kernel/qcups.cpp	2013-09-25 17:40:35.895942599 +0200
-@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
- 
- static void resolveCups()
- {
--    QLibrary cupsLib(QLatin1String("cups"), 2);
-+    QLibrary cupsLib(QLatin1String("@cups@/lib/libcups"), 2);
-     if(cupsLib.load()) {
-         _cupsGetDests = (CupsGetDests) cupsLib.resolve("cupsGetDests");
-         _cupsFreeDests = (CupsFreeDests) cupsLib.resolve("cupsFreeDests");
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 18b464c6f24..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, substituteAll, libXrender, libXext
-, libXfixes, freetype, fontconfig, zlib, libjpeg, libpng
-, mesaSupported, mesa, mesa_glu, openssl, dbus, cups, pkgconfig
-, libtiff, glib, icu, mysql, postgresql, sqlite, perl, coreutils, libXi
-, gdk_pixbuf, python, gdb, xlibs, libX11, libxcb, xcbutil, xcbutilimage
-, xcbutilkeysyms, xcbutilwm,udev, libxml2, libxslt, pcre, libxkbcommon
-, alsaLib, gstreamer, gst_plugins_base
-, pulseaudio, bison, flex, gperf, ruby, libwebp
-, flashplayerFix ? false
-, gtkStyle ? false, libgnomeui, gtk, GConf, gnome_vfs
-, buildDocs ? false
-, buildExamples ? false
-, buildTests ? false
-, developerBuild ? false
-}:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
-
-let
-  v_maj = "5.3";
-  v_min = "1";
-  ver = "${v_maj}.${v_min}";
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "qt-${ver}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/"
-      + "${v_maj}/${ver}/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-${ver}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "189mgfqxjg0jp0vkfrj55p9brl018wzf7lir8yjr0pajp8jqd2ds";
-  };
-
-  # The version property must be kept because it will be included into the QtSDK package name
-  version = ver;
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace /bin/pwd pwd
-    substituteInPlace qtbase/configure --replace /bin/pwd pwd
-    substituteInPlace qtbase/src/corelib/global/global.pri --replace /bin/ls ${coreutils}/bin/ls
-    substituteInPlace qtbase/src/plugins/platforminputcontexts/compose/generator/qtablegenerator.cpp \
-        --replace /usr/share/X11/locale ${libX11}/share/X11/locale \
-        --replace /usr/lib/X11/locale ${libX11}/share/X11/locale
-    sed -e 's@/\(usr\|opt\)/@/var/empty/@g' -i config.tests/*/*.test -i qtbase/mkspecs/*/*.conf
-  '';
-
-  patches =
-    [ ./glib-2.32.patch
-      (substituteAll {
-        src = ./qt-5.3-dlopen-absolute-paths.patch;
-        inherit cups icu libXfixes;
-        glibc = stdenv.gcc.libc;
-        openglDriver = if mesaSupported then mesa.driverLink else "/no-such-path";
-      })
-    ] ++ optional gtkStyle (substituteAll {
-        src = ./dlopen-gtkstyle.patch;
-        # substituteAll ignores env vars starting with capital letter
-        gconf = GConf;
-        inherit gnome_vfs libgnomeui gtk;
-      })
-    ++ optional flashplayerFix (substituteAll {
-        src = ./dlopen-webkit-nsplugin.patch;
-        inherit gtk gdk_pixbuf;
-      });
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/qtbase/lib:$PWD/qtbase/plugins/platforms:$PWD/qttools/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-    export MAKEFLAGS=-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES
-  '';
-
-  prefixKey = "-prefix ";
-
-  # -no-eglfs, -no-directfb, -no-linuxfb and -no-kms because of the current minimalist mesa
-  # TODO Remove obsolete and useless flags once the build will be totally mastered
-  configureFlags = ''
-    -verbose
-    -confirm-license
-    -opensource
-
-    -release
-    -shared
-    -c++11
-    ${optionalString developerBuild "-developer-build"}
-    -largefile
-    -accessibility
-    -rpath
-    -optimized-qmake
-    -strip
-    -reduce-relocations
-    -system-proxies
-
-    -gui
-    -widgets
-    -opengl desktop
-    -qml-debug
-    -nis
-    -iconv
-    -icu
-    -pch
-    -glib
-    -xcb
-    -qpa xcb
-    -${optionalString (cups == null) "no-"}cups
-
-    -no-eglfs
-    -no-directfb
-    -no-linuxfb
-    -no-kms
-
-    -system-zlib
-    -system-libpng
-    -system-libjpeg
-    -system-xcb
-    -system-xkbcommon
-    -openssl-linked
-    -dbus-linked
-
-    -system-sqlite
-    -${if mysql != null then "plugin" else "no"}-sql-mysql
-    -${if postgresql != null then "plugin" else "no"}-sql-psql
-
-    -make libs
-    -make tools
-    -${optionalString (buildExamples == false) "no"}make examples
-    -${optionalString (buildTests == false) "no"}make tests
-  '';
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    xlibs.libXcomposite libX11 libxcb libXext libXrender libXi
-    fontconfig freetype openssl dbus.libs glib udev libxml2 libxslt pcre
-    zlib libjpeg libpng libtiff sqlite icu
-    libwebp alsaLib gstreamer gst_plugins_base pulseaudio
-    xcbutil xcbutilimage xcbutilkeysyms xcbutilwm libxkbcommon
-  ]
-  # Qt doesn't directly need GLU (just GL), but many apps use, it's small and
-  # doesn't remain a runtime-dep if not used
-  ++ optionals mesaSupported [ mesa mesa_glu ]
-  ++ optional (cups != null) cups
-  ++ optional (mysql != null) mysql
-  ++ optional (postgresql != null) postgresql;
-
-  buildInputs = [ gdb bison flex gperf ruby ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python perl pkgconfig ];
-
-  postInstall =
-    ''
-      ${optionalString buildDocs ''
-        make docs && make install_docs
-      ''}
-
-      # Don't retain build-time dependencies like gdb and ruby.
-      sed '/QMAKE_DEFAULT_.*DIRS/ d' -i $out/mkspecs/qconfig.pri
-    '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true; # often fails on Hydra, as well as qt4
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://qt-project.org;
-    description = "A cross-platform application framework for C++";
-    license = "GPL/LGPL";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bbenoist maintainers.qknight ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 669d3d473db..76c26547dc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6615,21 +6615,6 @@ let
     qtLib = qt48Full;
   };
 
-  qt53Full = appendToName "full" (qt53.override {
-    buildDocs = true;
-    buildExamples = true;
-    buildTests = true;
-    developerBuild = true;
-  });
-
-  qt53 = callPackage ../development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix {
-    mesa = mesa_noglu;
-    cups = if stdenv.isLinux then cups else null;
-    # GNOME dependencies are not used unless gtkStyle == true
-    inherit (gnome) libgnomeui GConf gnome_vfs;
-    bison = bison2; # error: too few arguments to function 'int yylex(...
-  };
-
   qt5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/qt-5 {
     mesa = mesa_noglu;
     cups = if stdenv.isLinux then cups else null;