diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix
index 43f0e431bb15..c75f324bf26e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix
@@ -4,22 +4,26 @@
 , fixDarwinDylibNames
 }:
 
-# Fix Xcode 8 compilation problem
-let xcodePatch =
-  fetchurl { url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/a651d71/qscintilla2/xcode-8.patch";
-             sha256 = "1a88309fdfd421f4458550b710a562c622d72d6e6fdd697107e4a43161d69bc9"; };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "qscintilla";
-  version = "2.9.4";
+let
+  # Fix Xcode 8 compilation problem
+  xcodePatch = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/a651d71/qscintilla2/xcode-8.patch";
+    sha256 = "1a88309fdfd421f4458550b710a562c622d72d6e6fdd697107e4a43161d69bc9";
+  };
 
-  name = "${pname}-${if withQt5 then "qt5" else "qt4"}-${version}";
+  pname = "qscintilla-qt${if withQt5 then "5" else "4"}";
+  version = "2.11.2";
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit pname version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/pyqt/QScintilla2/QScintilla-${version}/QScintilla_gpl-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "04678skipydx68zf52vznsfmll2v9aahr66g50lcqbr6xsmgr1yi";
+    url = "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/QScintilla/${version}/QScintilla_gpl-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "18glb2v07mwfz6p8qmwhzcaaczyc36x3gn9wx8ndm7q6d93xr6q2";
   };
 
+  sourceRoot = "QScintilla_gpl-${version}/Qt4Qt5";
+
   buildInputs = [ (if withQt5 then qtbase else qt4) ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional (withQt5 && stdenv.isDarwin) qtmacextras;
@@ -28,24 +32,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ (if withQt5 then [ qmake ] else [ qmake4Hook ])
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
 
-
   patches = lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin && withQt5) [ xcodePatch ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    cd Qt4Qt5
-    sed -i qscintilla.pro \
-      -e "s,\$\$\\[QT_INSTALL_LIBS\\],$out/lib," \
-      -e "s,\$\$\\[QT_INSTALL_HEADERS\\],$out/include/," \
-      -e "s,\$\$\\[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS\\],$out/translations," \
-    ${if withQt5 then ''
-      -e "s,\$\$\\[QT_HOST_DATA\\]/mkspecs,$out/mkspecs," \
-      -e "s,\$\$\\[QT_INSTALL_DATA\\]/mkspecs,$out/mkspecs," \
-      -e "s,\$\$\\[QT_INSTALL_DATA\\],$out/share,"
-    '' else ''
-      -e "s,\$\$\\[QT_INSTALL_DATA\\],$out/share/qt,"
-    ''}
+  # By default qscintilla will name the library with a qt version suffix which
+  # confuses the crap out of sqlitebrowser and possibly others so we simply
+  # strip the suffix as we don't need it and the various FindQScintilla.cmake
+  # files floating around *should* look for the un-suffixed version.
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace qscintilla.pro \
+      --replace '_qt$''${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}'   "" \
+      --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]'         $out/lib \
+      --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_HEADERS]'      $out/include \
+      --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]' $out/translations \
+      --replace '$$[QT_HOST_DATA]/mkspecs'    $out/mkspecs \
+      --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_DATA]/mkspecs' $out/mkspecs \
+      --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_DATA]'         $out/share${lib.optionalString (! withQt5) "/qt"}
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
@@ -64,9 +67,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       proportional fonts, bold and italics, multiple foreground and
       background colours and multiple fonts.
     '';
-    homepage = http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/qscintilla/intro;
+    homepage = https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/qscintilla/intro;
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2 gpl3 ]; # and commercial
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = !withQt5;
   };
 }