diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix
index 36427f99585..de75a7d390c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs, qtbase, qmake }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pivy";
@@ -12,20 +12,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-    swig qt5.qmake cmake
+    swig qmake cmake
   ];
 
   buildInputs = with pkgs; with xorg; [
-    coin3d soqt qt5.qtbase
+    coin3d soqt qtbase
     libGLU libGL
     libXi libXext libSM libICE libX11
   ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-    "-I${pkgs.qt5.qtbase.dev}/include/QtCore"
-    "-I${pkgs.qt5.qtbase.dev}/include/QtGui"
-    "-I${pkgs.qt5.qtbase.dev}/include/QtOpenGL"
-    "-I${pkgs.qt5.qtbase.dev}/include/QtWidgets"
+    "-I${qtbase.dev}/include/QtCore"
+    "-I${qtbase.dev}/include/QtGui"
+    "-I${qtbase.dev}/include/QtOpenGL"
+    "-I${qtbase.dev}/include/QtWidgets"
   ];
 
   dontUseQmakeConfigure = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d7c614b9f70..67d96f10d74 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4417,7 +4417,9 @@ in {
 
   pipx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pipx { };
 
-  pivy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pivy { };
+  pivy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pivy {
+    inherit (qt5) qtbase qmake;
+  };
 
   pkgconfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pkgconfig { inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig; };