diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
index 5e44bb8cbef6..1be4f1c4c524 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , libxslt, gst_all_1 ? null
 , withPdfReader        ? true
 , withMediaPlayback    ? true
-, withWebEngineDefault ? true
 }:
 
 assert withMediaPlayback -> gst_all_1 != null;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ in python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ] ++ lib.optionals withMediaPlayback (with gst_all_1; [
     gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good
     gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav
-  ]) ++ lib.optional (!withWebEngineDefault) python3Packages.qtwebkit-plugins;
+  ]);
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook asciidoc
@@ -90,10 +89,6 @@ in python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString (! withWebEngineDefault) ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/qutebrowser --add-flags "--backend webkit"
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage    = https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser;
     description = "Keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI";