diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.6/kmenuedit.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.6/kmenuedit.nix
index 3834ca1328f8..09224a487167 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.6/kmenuedit.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.6/kmenuedit.nix
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ plasmaPackage {
     kdoctools
     makeQtWrapper
   ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    kxmlgui kdbusaddons kiconthemes
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    kdelibs4support ki18n kio sonnet kxmlgui kdbusaddons kiconthemes
   ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ kdelibs4support ki18n kio sonnet ];
   postInstall = ''
     wrapQtProgram "$out/bin/kmenuedit"
   '';