diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..855d31aadbb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ mkDerivation, fetchgit, lib
+, extra-cmake-modules, kdoctools
+, qca-qt5, qjson, qtquickcontrols2, qtscript, qtwebengine
+, karchive, kcmutils, kconfig, kdnssd, kguiaddons, kinit, kirigami2, knewstuff, knotifyconfig, ktexteditor, kwindowsystem
+, fftw, phonon, plasma-framework, threadweaver
+, curl, ffmpeg, gdk_pixbuf, libaio, libmtp, loudmouth, lzo, lz4, mysql57, pcre, snappy, taglib, taglib_extras
+}:
+
+let
+  pname = "amarok";
+  version = "2.9.0-20180618";
+
+in mkDerivation {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    # master has the Qt5 version as of April 2018 but a formal release has not
+    # yet been made so change this back to the proper upstream when such a
+    # release is out
+    url    = git://anongit.kde.org/amarok.git;
+    # url = "mirror://kde/stable/${pname}/${version}/src/${name}.tar.xz";
+    rev    = "5d43efa454b6a6c9c833a6f3d7f8ff3cae738c96";
+    sha256 = "0fyrbgldg4wbb2darm4aav5fpzbacxzfjrdqwkhv9xr13j7zsvm3";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    qca-qt5 qjson qtquickcontrols2 qtscript qtwebengine
+    karchive kcmutils kconfig kdnssd kguiaddons kinit kirigami2 knewstuff knotifyconfig ktexteditor kwindowsystem
+    phonon plasma-framework threadweaver
+    curl fftw ffmpeg gdk_pixbuf libaio libmtp loudmouth lz4 lzo mysql57.server mysql57.server.static
+    pcre snappy taglib taglib_extras
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/kf5.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/kf5.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 461fc260207d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/kf5.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation, fetchgit, lib
-, extra-cmake-modules, kdoctools
-, qca-qt5, qjson, qtscript, qtwebkit
-, kcmutils, kconfig, kdelibs4support, kdnssd, kinit, knewstuff, knotifyconfig, ktexteditor
-, phonon, plasma-framework, threadweaver
-, curl, ffmpeg, gdk_pixbuf, libaio, libmtp, loudmouth, lzo, lz4, mysql57, pcre, snappy, taglib, taglib_extras
-}:
-
-let
-  pname = "amarok";
-  version = "2.8.91-20170228";
-
-in mkDerivation {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url    = git://anongit.kde.org/amarok.git;
-    # go back to the KDE mirror when kf5 is merged into master
-    # url = "mirror://kde/stable/${pname}/${version}/src/${name}.tar.xz";
-    rev    = "323e2d5b43245c4c06e0b83385d37ef0d32920cb";
-    sha256 = "05w7kl6qfmkjz0y1bhgkkbmsqdll30bkjd6npkzvivrvp7dplmbh";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./qt5_11.patch ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    qca-qt5 qjson qtscript qtwebkit
-    kcmutils kconfig kdelibs4support kdnssd kinit knewstuff knotifyconfig ktexteditor
-    phonon plasma-framework threadweaver
-    curl ffmpeg gdk_pixbuf libaio libmtp loudmouth lz4 lzo mysql57.server mysql57.server.static
-    pcre snappy taglib taglib_extras
-  ];
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/qt5_11.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/qt5_11.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 36041c136c8b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/qt5_11.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/aboutdialog/ExtendedAboutDialog.cpp
-+++ b/src/aboutdialog/ExtendedAboutDialog.cpp
-@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
- #include <QLayout>
- #include <QPushButton>
- #include <QScrollBar>
-+#include <QStyle>
- #include <QTabWidget>
- 
- #include <qapplication.h>
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b4997706b20..342b465ec551 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14980,7 +14980,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   msgviewer = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/msgviewer { };
 
-  amarok-kf5 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/amarok/kf5.nix { };
+  amarok = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/amarok { };
+  amarok-kf5 = amarok; # for compatibility
 
   AMB-plugins = callPackage ../applications/audio/AMB-plugins { };