diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
index 31c998048de9..e9838739133c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/default.nix
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ recurseIntoAttrs rec {
 
   soprano = callPackage ./support/soprano { };
 
-  qimageblitz = callPackage ./support/qimageblitz { };
-
 ### LIBS
   kdelibs = callPackage ./libs { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.6/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.6/default.nix
index 2e7704dfe082..3d882f81bcee 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.6/default.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ rec {
 
   soprano = callPackage ./support/soprano { };
 
-  qimageblitz = callPackage ./support/qimageblitz { };
-
 ### LIBS
   kdelibs = callPackage ./libs { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.6/support/qimageblitz/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.6/support/qimageblitz/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bb3d0220b432..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.6/support/qimageblitz/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, lib, cmake, qt4}:
-
-let
-  pn = "qimageblitz";
-  v = "0.0.4";
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "${pn}-${v}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sf/${pn}/${pn}-${v}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0pnaf3qi7rgkxzs2mssmslb3f9ya4cyx09wzwlis3ppyvf72j0p9";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Graphical effect and filter library for KDE4";
-    license = "BSD";
-    homepage = "http://${pn}.sourceforge.net";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/qimageblitz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qimageblitz/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/qimageblitz/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/qimageblitz/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c9f209ea5315..d7a5981256c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3982,6 +3982,8 @@ let
 
   qca2_ossl = callPackage ../development/libraries/qca2/ossl.nix {};
 
+  qimageblitz = callPackage ../development/libraries/qimageblitz {};
+
   qjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/qjson { };
 
   qt3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/qt-3 {