diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf-bin/default.nix
index 29e1d391958f..f63022a9a7c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf-bin/default.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 , zlib
 , openssl
 , fetchurl
+, dpkg
 , gcc-unwrapped
-, libjpeg8
+, libjpeg
 , libpng
 , fontconfig
 , stdenv
@@ -39,13 +40,13 @@ let
   };
 
   linuxAttrs = rec {
-    version = "0.12.6-3";
+    version = "0.12.6.1-3";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/${version}/wkhtmltox-${version}.archlinux-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz";
-      sha256 = "sha256-6Ewu8sPRbqvYWj27mBlQYpEN+mb+vKT46ljrdEUxckI=";
+      url = "https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/${version}/wkhtmltox_${version}.bookworm_amd64.deb";
+      hash = "sha256-mLoNFXtQ028jvQ3t9MCqKMewxQ/NzcVKpba7uoGjlB0=";
     };
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg autoPatchelfHook ];
 
     buildInputs = [
       xorg.libXext
@@ -57,16 +58,24 @@ let
 
       (lib.getLib fontconfig)
       (lib.getLib gcc-unwrapped)
-      (lib.getLib libjpeg8)
+      (lib.getLib libjpeg)
       (lib.getLib libpng)
     ];
 
-    unpackPhase = "tar -xf $src";
+    unpackPhase = ''
+      runHook preUnpack
+
+      mkdir pkg
+      dpkg-deb -x $src pkg
+
+      runHook postUnpack
+    '';
 
     installPhase = ''
       runHook preInstall
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cp -r usr/bin usr/include usr/lib usr/share $out/
+
+      cp -r pkg/usr/local $out
+
       runHook postInstall
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f1e40a695e4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, qtwebkit, qtsvg, qtxmlpatterns
-, fontconfig, freetype, libpng, zlib, libjpeg, wrapQtAppsHook
-, openssl, libX11, libXext, libXrender }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.12.6";
-  pname = "wkhtmltopdf";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "wkhtmltopdf";
-    repo   = "wkhtmltopdf";
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "0m2zy986kzcpg0g3bvvm815ap9n5ann5f6bdy7pfj6jv482bm5mg";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    fontconfig freetype libpng zlib libjpeg openssl
-    libX11 libXext libXrender
-    qtwebkit qtsvg qtxmlpatterns
-  ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    for f in src/image/image.pro src/pdf/pdf.pro ; do
-      substituteInPlace $f --replace '$(INSTALL_ROOT)' ""
-    done
-  '';
-
-  # rewrite library path
-  postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    install_name_tool -change libwkhtmltox.0.dylib $out/lib/libwkhtmltox.0.dylib $out/bin/wkhtmltopdf
-    install_name_tool -change libwkhtmltox.0.dylib $out/lib/libwkhtmltox.0.dylib $out/bin/wkhtmltoimage
-  '';
-
-  configurePhase = "qmake wkhtmltopdf.pro INSTALLBASE=$out";
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://wkhtmltopdf.org/";
-    description = "Tools for rendering web pages to PDF or images";
-    longDescription = ''
-      wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are open source (LGPL) command line tools
-      to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the QT Webkit
-      rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a
-      display or display service.
-
-      There is also a C library, if you're into that kind of thing.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 99617bd7b6c6..3cec9d3b850b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14435,11 +14435,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wireguard-go = callPackage ../tools/networking/wireguard-go { };
 
-  wkhtmltopdf = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf { };
-
-  wkhtmltopdf-bin = callPackage ../tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf-bin {
-    openssl = openssl_1_1;
-  };
+  wkhtmltopdf-bin = callPackage ../tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf-bin { };
+  wkhtmltopdf = wkhtmltopdf-bin;
 
   wml = callPackage ../development/web/wml { };