diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/pavucontrol-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/pavucontrol-qt/default.nix
index 918894d2208..862a4ff9cf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/pavucontrol-qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/core/pavucontrol-qt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, qt5, lxqt, libpulseaudio, pcre }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, lxqt, libpulseaudio, pcre, qtbase, qttools, qtx11extras }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    qt5.qtbase
-    qt5.qttools
-    qt5.qtx11extras
+    qtbase
+    qttools
+    qtx11extras
     libpulseaudio
     pcre
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
index 79896c7b90c..40c25b3302c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let
     lxqt-session = callPackage ./core/lxqt-session { };
     lxqt-sudo = callPackage ./core/lxqt-sudo { };
     lxqt-themes = callPackage ./core/lxqt-themes { };
-    pavucontrol-qt = callPackage ./core/pavucontrol-qt { };
+    pavucontrol-qt = libsForQt5.callPackage ./core/pavucontrol-qt { };
     qtermwidget = callPackage ./core/qtermwidget { };
     # for now keep version 0.7.1 because virt-manager-qt currently does not compile with qtermwidget-0.8.0
     qtermwidget_0_7_1 = callPackage ./core/qtermwidget/0.7.1.nix { };