diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
index d2400475a0b3..fdadc1d99abe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, frei0r, gettext, makeWrapper, mlt, pkgconfig, qtbase }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, frei0r, gettext, makeWrapper, mlt, pkgconfig, qtbase, qmakeHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "shotcut-${version}";
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1504ds3ppqmpg84nb2gb74qndqysjwn3xw7n8xv19kd1pppnr10f";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ SDL frei0r gettext makeWrapper mlt pkgconfig qtbase ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    runHook preConfigure
-    qmake PREFIX=$out
-    runHook postConfigure
-  '';
+  buildInputs = [ SDL frei0r gettext makeWrapper mlt pkgconfig qtbase qmakeHook ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/shotcut