diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream/qt.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream/qt.nix
index c5a251cd5f9f..0013764d7791 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream/qt.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream/qt.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, appstream, qtbase, qttools }:
 
+# TODO: look into using the libraries from the regular appstream derivation as we keep duplicates here
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "appstream-qt-${version}";
   inherit (appstream) version src prePatch;
@@ -10,15 +12,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   mesonFlags = appstream.mesonFlags ++ [ "-Dqt=true" ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    rm -rf $out/{bin,etc,include/appstream,lib/pkgconfig,lib/libappstream.so*,share}
-  '';
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    patchelf --add-needed ${appstream}/lib/libappstream.so.4 \
-      $out/lib/libAppStreamQt.so
-  '';
-
   meta = appstream.meta // {
     description = "Software metadata handling library - Qt";
  };