diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/qt4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/qt4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c82a543413e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/qt4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# TODO: get rid of this (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/32883)
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, cmake, ninja, pkgconfig, libiconv, libintlOrEmpty
+, zlib, curl, cairo, freetype, fontconfig, lcms2, libjpeg, openjpeg
+, poppler_data, qt4
+}:
+
+let
+  # Last version supporting QT4
+  version = "0.61.1";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "poppler-qt4-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1afdrxxkaivvviazxkg5blsf2x24sjkfj92ib0d3q5pm8dihjrhj";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libiconv poppler_data ] ++ libintlOrEmpty;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib freetype fontconfig libjpeg openjpeg cairo lcms2 curl qt4 ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja pkgconfig ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DENABLE_XPDF_HEADERS=on"
+    "-DENABLE_UTILS=off"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://poppler.freedesktop.org/;
+    description = "A PDF rendering library";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.
+    '';
+
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 84b01ae94222..0dfcda448847 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10573,10 +10573,7 @@ with pkgs;
     suffix = "min";
   };
 
-  poppler_qt4 = poppler.override {
-    qt4Support = true;
-    suffix = "qt4";
-  };
+  poppler_qt4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/poppler/qt4.nix { };
 
   poppler_utils = poppler.override { suffix = "utils"; utils = true; };