diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
index a93ae2fc8adf..8526a5f5b829 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "183fca7n7439nlhxyg1z7aky0izgbyll3iwakw4gwivy16aj5272";
   };
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  outputInclude = "out";
+
+  setOutputFlags = false;
+
   # The version property must be kept because it will be included into the QtSDK package name
   version = vers;
 
@@ -87,8 +93,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       -docdir $out/share/doc/${name}
       -plugindir $out/lib/qt4/plugins
       -importdir $out/lib/qt4/imports
-      -examplesdir $out/share/doc/${name}/examples
-      -demosdir $out/share/doc/${name}/demos
+      -examplesdir $TMPDIR/share/doc/${name}/examples
+      -demosdir $TMPDIR/share/doc/${name}/demos
       -datadir $out/share/${name}
       -translationdir $out/share/${name}/translations
     "
@@ -98,6 +104,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   prefixKey = "-prefix ";
+
   configureFlags =
     ''
       -v -no-separate-debug-info -release -no-fast -confirm-license -opensource
@@ -153,6 +160,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's/^\(LIBS[[:space:]]*=.*$\)/\1 -lobjc/' ./src/corelib/Makefile.Release
   '';
 
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      rm -rf $out/tests
+    '';
+
   crossAttrs = let
     isMingw = stdenv.cross.libc == "msvcrt";
   in {