diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ho/houdini/runtime-build.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ho/houdini/runtime-build.nix
index 876ee3b2d0725..1c3083ebb7389 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ho/houdini/runtime-build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ho/houdini/runtime-build.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, bc, version, src, eulaDate, qt6 }:
+{ stdenv, bc, version, src, eulaDate }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit version src;
   pname = "houdini-runtime";
 
-  buildInputs = [ bc qt6.qtbase ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ qt6.wrapQtAppsHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ bc ];
   installPhase = ''
     patchShebangs houdini.install
     mkdir -p $out
@@ -18,13 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
                       $out
     echo "licensingMode = localValidator" >> $out/houdini/Licensing.opt  # does not seem to do anything any more. not sure, official docs do not say anything about it
   '';
-  dontWrapQtApps = true;
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapQtApp "$out/bin/houdini"
-    wrapQtApp "$out/bin/hindie"
-    wrapQtApp "$out/bin/houdini-bin"
-    wrapQtApp "$out/bin/hindie-bin"
-    wrapQtApp "$out/bin/hkey"
-  '';
-  # dontFixup = true;
+
+  dontFixup = true;
 }