diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix
index e7d35dcb84b2..6d27ed5a0d32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ let
         qtxmlpatterns
       ];
 
-      makeQtWrapper = makeSetupHook { deps = [ makeWrapper ]; } ./make-qt-wrapper.sh;
+      makeQtWrapper =
+        makeSetupHook
+        { deps = [ makeWrapper ]; }
+        ../make-qt-wrapper.sh;
+
       qmakeHook =
         makeSetupHook
         { deps = [ self.qtbase.dev ]; }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix
index 5c58b85639ba..560e0ac021d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/default.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ let
         qtwebchannel qtwebengine qtwebsockets qtx11extras qtxmlpatterns
       ];
 
-      makeQtWrapper = makeSetupHook { deps = [ makeWrapper ]; } ./make-qt-wrapper.sh;
+      makeQtWrapper =
+        makeSetupHook
+        { deps = [ makeWrapper ]; }
+        ../make-qt-wrapper.sh;
+
       qmakeHook =
         makeSetupHook
         { deps = [ self.qtbase.dev ]; }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/make-qt-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/make-qt-wrapper.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b0d0bec9e3f6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/make-qt-wrapper.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-wrapQtProgram() {
-    local prog="$1"
-    shift
-    wrapProgram "$prog" \
-        --set QT_PLUGIN_PATH "$QT_PLUGIN_PATH" \
-        --set QML_IMPORT_PATH "$QML_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --set QML2_IMPORT_PATH "$QML2_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_DATA_DIRS" \
-        --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" \
-        "$@"
-}
-
-makeQtWrapper() {
-    local old="$1"
-    local new="$2"
-    shift
-    shift
-    makeWrapper "$old" "$new" \
-        --set QT_PLUGIN_PATH "$QT_PLUGIN_PATH" \
-        --set QML_IMPORT_PATH "$QML_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --set QML2_IMPORT_PATH "$QML2_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_DATA_DIRS" \
-        --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" \
-        "$@"
-}
-
-_makeQtWrapperSetup() {
-    # cannot use addToSearchPath because these directories may not exist yet
-    export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="$QT_PLUGIN_PATH${QT_PLUGIN_PATH:+:}${!outputLib}/lib/qt5/plugins"
-    export QML_IMPORT_PATH="$QML_IMPORT_PATH${QML_IMPORT_PATH:+:}${!outputLib}/lib/qt5/imports"
-    export QML2_IMPORT_PATH="$QML2_IMPORT_PATH${QML2_IMPORT_PATH:+:}${!outputLib}/lib/qt5/qml"
-    export RUNTIME_XDG_DATA_DIRS="$XDG_DATA_DIRS${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}${!outputBin}/share"
-    export RUNTIME_XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:+:}${!outputBin}/etc/xdg"
-}
-
-prePhases+=(_makeQtWrapperSetup)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/default.nix
index dbb66b6510a1..b3a8b4d05ebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ let
       makeQtWrapper =
         makeSetupHook
         { deps = [ makeWrapper ]; }
-        ./make-qt-wrapper.sh;
+        ../make-qt-wrapper.sh;
 
       qmakeHook =
         makeSetupHook
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/make-qt-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/make-qt-wrapper.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b0d0bec9e3f6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/make-qt-wrapper.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-wrapQtProgram() {
-    local prog="$1"
-    shift
-    wrapProgram "$prog" \
-        --set QT_PLUGIN_PATH "$QT_PLUGIN_PATH" \
-        --set QML_IMPORT_PATH "$QML_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --set QML2_IMPORT_PATH "$QML2_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_DATA_DIRS" \
-        --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" \
-        "$@"
-}
-
-makeQtWrapper() {
-    local old="$1"
-    local new="$2"
-    shift
-    shift
-    makeWrapper "$old" "$new" \
-        --set QT_PLUGIN_PATH "$QT_PLUGIN_PATH" \
-        --set QML_IMPORT_PATH "$QML_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --set QML2_IMPORT_PATH "$QML2_IMPORT_PATH" \
-        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_DATA_DIRS" \
-        --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$RUNTIME_XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" \
-        "$@"
-}
-
-_makeQtWrapperSetup() {
-    # cannot use addToSearchPath because these directories may not exist yet
-    export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="$QT_PLUGIN_PATH${QT_PLUGIN_PATH:+:}${!outputLib}/lib/qt5/plugins"
-    export QML_IMPORT_PATH="$QML_IMPORT_PATH${QML_IMPORT_PATH:+:}${!outputLib}/lib/qt5/imports"
-    export QML2_IMPORT_PATH="$QML2_IMPORT_PATH${QML2_IMPORT_PATH:+:}${!outputLib}/lib/qt5/qml"
-    export RUNTIME_XDG_DATA_DIRS="$XDG_DATA_DIRS${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}${!outputBin}/share"
-    export RUNTIME_XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:+:}${!outputBin}/etc/xdg"
-}
-
-prePhases+=(_makeQtWrapperSetup)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/make-qt-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/make-qt-wrapper.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/make-qt-wrapper.sh
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/make-qt-wrapper.sh