diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 357c507b52ff..39849d5d64c2 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 - `buildGoPackage` has been removed. Use `buildGoModule` instead. See the [Go section in the nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#sec-language-go) for details.
 
+- `strawberry` has been updated to 1.2, which drops support for the VLC backend and Qt 5. The `strawberry-qt5` package
+  and `withGstreamer`/`withVlc` override options have been removed due to this.
+
 - `timescaledb` requires manual upgrade steps.
     After you run ALTER EXTENSION, you must run [this SQL script](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb-extras/blob/master/utils/2.15.X-fix_hypertable_foreign_keys.sql). For more details, see the following pull requests [#6797](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/pull/6797).
     PostgreSQL 13 is no longer supported in TimescaleDB v2.16.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/strawberry/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/strawberry/default.nix
index 58ac8f60ff1c..bd85eef99f50 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/strawberry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/strawberry/default.nix
@@ -1,57 +1,52 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, cmake
-, pkg-config
-, wrapQtAppsHook
-, alsa-lib
-, boost
-, chromaprint
-, fftw
-, gnutls
-, libcdio
-, libebur128
-, libmtp
-, libpthreadstubs
-, libtasn1
-, libXdmcp
-, ninja
-, pcre
-, protobuf
-, sqlite
-, taglib
-, libgpod
-, libidn2
-, libpulseaudio
-, libselinux
-, libsepol
-, p11-kit
-, util-linux
-, qtbase
-, qtx11extras ? null # doesn't exist in qt6
-, qttools
-, withGstreamer ? true
-, glib-networking
-, gst_all_1
-, withVlc ? true
-, libvlc
-, nix-update-script
+{
+  alsa-lib,
+  boost,
+  chromaprint,
+  cmake,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fftw,
+  glib-networking,
+  gnutls,
+  gst_all_1,
+  kdsingleapplication,
+  lib,
+  libXdmcp,
+  libcdio,
+  libebur128,
+  libgpod,
+  libidn2,
+  libmtp,
+  libpthreadstubs,
+  libpulseaudio,
+  libselinux,
+  libsepol,
+  libtasn1,
+  ninja,
+  nix-update-script,
+  p11-kit,
+  pkg-config,
+  qtbase,
+  qttools,
+  sqlite,
+  stdenv,
+  taglib,
+  util-linux,
+  wrapQtAppsHook,
 }:
 
 let
-  inherit (lib) optionals optionalString;
+  inherit (lib) optionals;
 
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "strawberry";
-  version = "1.1.3";
+  version = "1.2.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jonaski";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-yca1BJWhSUVamqSKfvEzU3xbzdR+kwfSs0pyS08oUR0=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-X752GsP2b7rumQHzw52zI7PeE8tdM9Scgl3nHVcpO/s=";
   };
 
   # the big strawberry shown in the context menu is *very* much in your face, so use the grey version instead
@@ -60,52 +55,55 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace pictures/strawberry.png pictures/strawberry-grey.png
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    boost
-    chromaprint
-    fftw
-    gnutls
-    libcdio
-    libebur128
-    libidn2
-    libmtp
-    libpthreadstubs
-    libtasn1
-    libXdmcp
-    pcre
-    protobuf
-    sqlite
-    taglib
-    qtbase
-    qtx11extras
-  ] ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-    libgpod
-    libpulseaudio
-    libselinux
-    libsepol
-    p11-kit
-  ] ++ optionals withGstreamer (with gst_all_1; [
-    glib-networking
-    gstreamer
-    gst-libav
-    gst-plugins-base
-    gst-plugins-good
-    gst-plugins-bad
-    gst-plugins-ugly
-  ]) ++ optionals withVlc [ libvlc ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      alsa-lib
+      boost
+      chromaprint
+      fftw
+      gnutls
+      kdsingleapplication
+      libXdmcp
+      libcdio
+      libebur128
+      libidn2
+      libmtp
+      libpthreadstubs
+      libtasn1
+      qtbase
+      sqlite
+      taglib
+    ]
+    ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+      libgpod
+      libpulseaudio
+      libselinux
+      libsepol
+      p11-kit
+    ]
+    ++ (with gst_all_1; [
+      glib-networking
+      gst-libav
+      gst-plugins-bad
+      gst-plugins-base
+      gst-plugins-good
+      gst-plugins-ugly
+      gstreamer
+    ]);
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    ninja
-    pkg-config
-    qttools
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-  ] ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-    util-linux
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs =
+    [
+      cmake
+      ninja
+      pkg-config
+      qttools
+      wrapQtAppsHook
+    ]
+    ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+      util-linux
+    ];
 
-  postInstall = optionalString withGstreamer ''
+  postInstall = ''
     qtWrapperArgs+=(
       --prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 : "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0"
       --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${glib-networking.out}/lib/gio/modules"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 35dc2bf8a77a..61f8f88d0745 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1199,6 +1199,7 @@ mapAliases {
   steam-small = steam; # Added 2024-09-12
   steam-run-native = steam-run; # added 2022-02-21
   StormLib = stormlib; # Added 2024-01-21
+  strawberry-qt5 = throw "strawberry-qt5 has been replaced by strawberry-qt6"; # Added 2024-11-22
   sumneko-lua-language-server = lua-language-server; # Added 2023-02-07
   sumokoin = throw "sumokoin has been removed as it was abandoned upstream"; # Added 2024-11-23
   swiProlog = lib.warnOnInstantiate "swiProlog has been renamed to swi-prolog" swi-prolog; # Added 2024-09-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fb7d56216dbf..7ea6186120b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3235,11 +3235,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sonobuoy = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/sonobuoy { };
 
-  strawberry-qt5 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/strawberry { };
-
   strawberry-qt6 = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/audio/strawberry { };
 
-  strawberry = strawberry-qt5;
+  strawberry = strawberry-qt6;
 
   schleuder = callPackage ../tools/security/schleuder { };