diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix
index 3bcbf0caf40..f137984862a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       sed -i 's/PATHS.*NO_DEFAULT_PATH//' "src/corelib/Qt5CoreMacros.cmake"
       sed -i 's/NO_DEFAULT_PATH//' "src/gui/Qt5GuiConfigExtras.cmake.in"
       sed -i 's/PATHS.*NO_DEFAULT_PATH//' "mkspecs/features/data/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in"
-
-      substituteInPlace src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp \
-        --replace "@openssl@" "${openssl.out}"
     '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
       substituteInPlace src/dbus/qdbus_symbols.cpp \
         --replace "@dbus_libs@" "${dbus.lib}"
@@ -223,6 +220,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ''-DNIXPKGS_QTCOMPOSE="${libX11.out}/share/X11/locale"''
       ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBRESOLV="${stdenv.cc.libc.out}/lib/libresolv"''
       ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBXCURSOR="${libXcursor.out}/lib/libXcursor"''
+      ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBSSL="${openssl.out}/lib/libssl"''
+      ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBCRYPTO="${openssl.out}/lib/libcrypto"''
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin
     [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/dlopen-openssl.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/dlopen-openssl.patch
index 46600e7f426..943b1c569fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/dlopen-openssl.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/dlopen-openssl.patch
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Index: qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cp
      // first attempt: the canonical name is libssl.so.<SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER>
 -    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("ssl"), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
 -    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("crypto"), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
-+    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("@openssl@/lib/libssl"), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
-+    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("@openssl@/lib/libcrypto"), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
++    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBSSL), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
++    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBCRYPTO), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
      if (libcrypto->load() && libssl->load()) {
          // libssl.so.<SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER> and libcrypto.so.<SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER> found
          return pair;
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Index: qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cp
      //  iOS does not ship a system libssl.dylib, libcrypto.dylib in the first place.
 -    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("ssl"), -1);
 -    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("crypto"), -1);
-+    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("@openssl@/lib/libssl"), -1);
-+    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("@openssl@/lib/libcrypto"), -1);
++    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBSSL), -1);
++    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBCRYPTO), -1);
      if (libcrypto->load() && libssl->load()) {
          // libssl.so.0 and libcrypto.so.0 found
          return pair;