diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/cmake.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/cmake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 62efaf1e29dc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/cmake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN freecad-0.13.1830.old/cMake/FreeCadMacros.cmake freecad-0.13.1830/cMake/FreeCadMacros.cmake
---- freecad-0.13.1830.old/cMake/FreeCadMacros.cmake	2013-02-02 18:09:17.000000000 +0100
-+++ freecad-0.13.1830/cMake/FreeCadMacros.cmake	2014-04-20 10:52:17.293599913 +0200
-@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
- #endmacro(fc_add_resources)
- 
- MACRO (fc_add_resources outfiles )
--  QT4_EXTRACT_OPTIONS(rcc_files rcc_options ${ARGN})
-+  QT4_EXTRACT_OPTIONS(rcc_files rcc_options rcc_target ${ARGN})
- 
-   FOREACH (it ${rcc_files})
-     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(outfilename ${it} NAME_WE)
-diff -urN freecad-0.13.1830.old/CMakeLists.txt freecad-0.13.1830/CMakeLists.txt
---- freecad-0.13.1830.old/CMakeLists.txt	2013-02-02 18:09:17.000000000 +0100
-+++ freecad-0.13.1830/CMakeLists.txt	2014-04-20 10:28:41.782536753 +0200
-@@ -314,14 +314,14 @@
-     macro(fc_wrap_cpp outfiles )
-         # get include dirs
-         QT4_GET_MOC_FLAGS(moc_flags)
--        QT4_EXTRACT_OPTIONS(moc_files moc_options ${ARGN})
-+        QT4_EXTRACT_OPTIONS(moc_files moc_options moc_target ${ARGN})
-         # fixes bug 0000585: bug with boost 1.48
-         SET(moc_options ${moc_options} -DBOOST_TT_HAS_OPERATOR_HPP_INCLUDED)
- 
-         foreach(it ${moc_files})
-             get_filename_component(it ${it} ABSOLUTE)
-             QT4_MAKE_OUTPUT_FILE(${it} moc_ cpp outfile)
--            QT4_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${it} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}")
-+            QT4_CREATE_MOC_COMMAND(${it} ${outfile} "${moc_flags}" "${moc_options}" "")
-             set(${outfiles} ${${outfiles}} ${outfile})
-             add_file_dependencies(${it} ${outfile})
-         endforeach(it)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
index 2f20291e2703..a7665177046b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, coin3d, xercesc, ode, eigen, qt4, opencascade, gts
-, boost, zlib, python, swig, gfortran, soqt, libf2c , pyqt4, makeWrapper
+, boost, zlib, python, swig, gfortran, soqt, libf2c, makeWrapper
 , matplotlib, pycollada, pyside, pysideShiboken }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake coin3d xercesc ode eigen qt4 opencascade gts boost
-    zlib python swig gfortran soqt libf2c pyqt4 makeWrapper matplotlib
+    zlib python swig gfortran soqt libf2c makeWrapper matplotlib
     pycollada pyside pysideShiboken
   ];
 
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./pythonpath.patch ];
 
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://free-cad.sourceforge.net/;
-    license = [ "GPLv2+" "LGPLv2+" ];
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "General purpose Open Source 3D CAD/MCAD/CAx/CAE/PLM modeler";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    homepage = http://www.freecadweb.org/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.viric ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }