diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtdeclarative.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtdeclarative.nix
index f9b8cdc8cf02..7c1fa449ebba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtdeclarative.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtdeclarative.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ qtModule, lib, python2, qtbase, qtsvg, qtxmlpatterns }:
+{ qtModule, lib, python2, qtbase, qtsvg }:
 
 with lib;
 
 qtModule {
   name = "qtdeclarative";
-  qtInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg qtxmlpatterns ];
+  qtInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python2 ];
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "bin" ];
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtxmlpatterns.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtxmlpatterns.nix
index ee8ef617fc8d..7ac922421f08 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtxmlpatterns.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtxmlpatterns.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ qtModule, qtbase }:
+{ qtModule, qtbase, qtdeclarative }:
 
 qtModule {
   name = "qtxmlpatterns";
-  qtInputs = [ qtbase ];
+  qtInputs = [ qtbase qtdeclarative ];
   devTools = [ "bin/xmlpatterns" "bin/xmlpatternsvalidator" ];
 }