diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.11/default.nix
index 2a706fc7b6e8..d65fe9d219c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.11/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,18 @@ let
   qtCompatVersion = "5.11";
 
   mirror = "http://download.qt.io";
-  srcs = import ./srcs.nix { inherit fetchurl; inherit mirror; };
+  srcs = import ./srcs.nix { inherit fetchurl; inherit mirror; } // {
+    # Community port of the now unmaintained upstream qtwebkit.
+    qtwebkit = {
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "annulen";
+        repo = "webkit";
+        rev = "4ce8ebc4094512b9916bfa5984065e95ac97c9d8";
+        sha256 = "05h1xnxzbf7sp3plw5dndsvpf6iigh0bi4vlj4svx0hkf1giakjf";
+      };
+      version = "5.212-alpha-01-26-2018";
+    };
+  };
 
   patches = {
     qtbase = [
@@ -102,15 +113,7 @@ let
       qtwayland = callPackage ../modules/qtwayland.nix {};
       qtwebchannel = callPackage ../modules/qtwebchannel.nix {};
       qtwebengine = callPackage ../modules/qtwebengine.nix {};
-      qtwebkit = callPackage ../modules/qtwebkit.nix {
-        src = fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "annulen";
-          repo = "webkit";
-          rev = "4ce8ebc4094512b9916bfa5984065e95ac97c9d8";
-          sha256 = "05h1xnxzbf7sp3plw5dndsvpf6iigh0bi4vlj4svx0hkf1giakjf";
-        };
-        version = "5.212-alpha-01-26-2018";
-      };
+      qtwebkit = callPackage ../modules/qtwebkit.nix {};
       qtwebsockets = callPackage ../modules/qtwebsockets.nix {};
       qtx11extras = callPackage ../modules/qtx11extras.nix {};
       qtxmlpatterns = callPackage ../modules/qtxmlpatterns.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix
index 833433fabeca..970ee2e5c807 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 , bison2, flex, gdb, gperf, perl, pkgconfig, python2, ruby
 , darwin
 , flashplayerFix ? false
-, src ? null
-, version ? null
 }:
 
 let
@@ -35,9 +33,6 @@ qtModule {
 
   cmakeFlags = optionals (lib.versionAtLeast qtbase.version "5.11.0") [ "-DPORT=Qt" ];
 
-  inherit src;
-  inherit version;
-
   __impureHostDeps = optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [
     "/usr/lib/libicucore.dylib"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qtModule.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qtModule.nix
index e18564aaabe2..84a9d30918b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qtModule.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qtModule.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ args:
 
 let
   inherit (args) name;
-  version = if (args.version or null) == null then srcs."${name}".version else args.version;
+  version = args.version or srcs."${name}".version;
   src = args.src or srcs."${name}".src;
 in