diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix
index 5f631357b5bb..ae98c2c4b1f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/default.nix
@@ -48,13 +48,7 @@ let
 
       enableParallelBuilding = args.enableParallelBuilding or true;
 
-      meta = {
-        homepage = http://www.qt.io;
-        description = "A cross-platform application framework for C++";
-        license = with licenses; [ fdl13 gpl2 lgpl21 lgpl3 ];
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ bbenoist qknight ttuegel ];
-        platforms = platforms.linux;
-      } // (args.meta or {});
+      meta = self.qtbase.meta // (args.meta or {});
     });
 
   addPackages = self: with self;
@@ -117,4 +111,6 @@ let
 
     };
 
-in makeScope pkgs.newScope addPackages
+   self = makeScope pkgs.newScope addPackages;
+
+in self
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/qtbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/qtbase/default.nix
index 092f72264c33..5b0ced230280 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/qtbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.5/qtbase/default.nix
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = http://www.qt.io;
     description = "A cross-platform application framework for C++";
-    license = "GPL/LGPL";
+    license = with licenses; [ fdl13 gpl2 lgpl21 lgpl3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bbenoist qknight ttuegel ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };