diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/qtbase/dlopen-gtkstyle.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/qtbase/dlopen-gtkstyle.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ad1719c46e29..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/qtbase/dlopen-gtkstyle.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-Index: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.5.1/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qgtk2painter.cpp
-===================================================================
---- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.5.1.orig/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qgtk2painter.cpp
-+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.5.1/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qgtk2painter.cpp
-@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void initGtk()
-     static bool initialized = false;
-     if (!initialized) {
-         // enforce the "0" suffix, so we'll open libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
--        QLibrary libgtk(QLS("gtk-x11-2.0"), 0, 0);
-+        QLibrary libgtk(QLS("@gtk@/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0"), 0, 0);
- 
-         QGtk2PainterPrivate::gdk_pixmap_new = (Ptr_gdk_pixmap_new)libgtk.resolve("gdk_pixmap_new");
-         QGtk2PainterPrivate::gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable = (Ptr_gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable)libgtk.resolve("gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable");
-Index: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.5.1/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qgtkstyle_p.cpp
-===================================================================
---- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.5.1.orig/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qgtkstyle_p.cpp
-+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.5.1/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qgtkstyle_p.cpp
-@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void QGtkStylePrivate::gtkWidgetSetFocus
- void QGtkStylePrivate::resolveGtk() const
- {
-     // enforce the "0" suffix, so we'll open libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
--    QLibrary libgtk(QLS("gtk-x11-2.0"), 0, 0);
-+    QLibrary libgtk(QLS("@gtk@/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0"), 0, 0);
- 
-     gtk_init = (Ptr_gtk_init)libgtk.resolve("gtk_init");
-     gtk_window_new = (Ptr_gtk_window_new)libgtk.resolve("gtk_window_new");
-@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ void QGtkStylePrivate::resolveGtk() cons
-     pango_font_description_get_family = (Ptr_pango_font_description_get_family)libgtk.resolve("pango_font_description_get_family");
-     pango_font_description_get_style = (Ptr_pango_font_description_get_style)libgtk.resolve("pango_font_description_get_style");
- 
--    gnome_icon_lookup_sync = (Ptr_gnome_icon_lookup_sync)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("gnomeui-2"), 0, "gnome_icon_lookup_sync");
--    gnome_vfs_init= (Ptr_gnome_vfs_init)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("gnomevfs-2"), 0, "gnome_vfs_init");
-+    gnome_icon_lookup_sync = (Ptr_gnome_icon_lookup_sync)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("@libgnomeui@/lib/libgnomeui-2"), 0, "gnome_icon_lookup_sync");
-+    gnome_vfs_init= (Ptr_gnome_vfs_init)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("@gnome_vfs@/lib/libgnomevfs-2"), 0, "gnome_vfs_init");
- }
- 
- /* \internal
-@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@ void QGtkStylePrivate::cleanupGtkWidgets
- static bool resolveGConf()
- {
-     if (!QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_default) {
--        QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_default = (Ptr_gconf_client_get_default)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("gconf-2"), 4, "gconf_client_get_default");
--        QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_string =  (Ptr_gconf_client_get_string)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("gconf-2"), 4, "gconf_client_get_string");
--        QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_bool =  (Ptr_gconf_client_get_bool)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("gconf-2"), 4, "gconf_client_get_bool");
-+        QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_default = (Ptr_gconf_client_get_default)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("@gconf@/lib/libgconf-2"), 4, "gconf_client_get_default");
-+        QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_string =  (Ptr_gconf_client_get_string)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("@gconf@/lib/libgconf-2"), 4, "gconf_client_get_string");
-+        QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_bool =  (Ptr_gconf_client_get_bool)QLibrary::resolve(QLS("@gconf@/lib/libgconf-2"), 4, "gconf_client_get_bool");
-     }
-     return (QGtkStylePrivate::gconf_client_get_default !=0);
- }