diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qscintilla-qt5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qscintilla-qt5/default.nix
index 4d63cb5f4548..2ee9c82f08db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qscintilla-qt5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qscintilla-qt5/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , pythonPackages
 , qscintilla
-, lndir
 , qtbase
 }:
 with pythonPackages;
@@ -11,8 +10,9 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   src = qscintilla.src;
   format = "other";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ lndir sip qtbase ];
-  buildInputs = [ qscintilla pyqt5 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ sip qtbase ];
+  buildInputs = [ qscintilla ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyqt5 ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Python/configure.py \
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    mkdir -p $out
-    lndir ${pyqt5} $out
-    rm -rf "$out/nix-support"
+    # configure.py will look for this folder
+    mkdir -p $out/share/sip/PyQt5
+
     cd Python
     substituteInPlace configure.py \
       --replace "qmake = {'CONFIG': 'qscintilla2'}" "qmake = {'CONFIG': 'qscintilla2', 'QT': 'widgets printsupport'}"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4d4a3ad052bf..1268c43a525a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5637,7 +5637,6 @@ in {
 
   qscintilla-qt5 = pkgs.libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/python-modules/qscintilla-qt5 {
     pythonPackages = self;
-    lndir = pkgs.xorg.lndir;
   };
 
   qscintilla = self.qscintilla-qt4;