diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
index a5b6e3b117ea..767301655e7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqalculate/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ intltool pkg-config autoreconfHook doxygen ];
   buildInputs = [ curl gettext libiconv readline ];
-  configureFlags = ["--with-readline=${readline.dev}"];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 mpfr icu ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9edb546f7969..b4fe71cea579 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15459,7 +15459,9 @@ in
 
   libpwquality = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpwquality { };
 
-  libqalculate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqalculate { };
+  libqalculate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqalculate {
+    readline = readline80;
+  };
 
   libqt5pas = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/compilers/fpc/libqt5pas.nix { };