diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/dolphin-emu/master.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dolphin-emu/master.nix
index 06b1221dccb8..d5133c8618d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/dolphin-emu/master.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dolphin-emu/master.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeDesktopItem, pkg-config, cmake
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, cmake
 , wrapQtAppsHook, qtbase, bluez, ffmpeg, libao, libGLU, libGL, pcre, gettext
 , libXrandr, libusb1, lzo, libpthreadstubs, libXext, libXxf86vm, libXinerama
 , libSM, libXdmcp, readline, openal, udev, libevdev, portaudio, curl, alsa-lib
@@ -8,18 +8,7 @@
 # - Inputs used for Darwin
 , CoreBluetooth, ForceFeedback, IOKit, OpenGL, libpng, hidapi }:
 
-let
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "dolphin-emu-master";
-    exec = "dolphin-emu-master";
-    icon = "dolphin-emu";
-    comment = "A Wii/GameCube Emulator";
-    desktopName = "Dolphin Emulator (master)";
-    genericName = "Wii/GameCube Emulator";
-    categories = "Game;Emulator;";
-    startupNotify = "false";
-  };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dolphin-emu";
   version = "5.0-15260";
 
@@ -57,6 +46,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   qtWrapperArgs = lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     "--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${vulkan-loader}/lib"
+    # https://bugs.dolphin-emu.org/issues/11807
+    # The .desktop file should already set this, but Dolphin may be launched in other ways
+    "--set QT_QPA_PLATFORM xcb"
   ];
 
   # - Allow Dolphin to use nix-provided libraries instead of building them
@@ -68,10 +60,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    cp -r ${desktopItem}/share/applications $out/share
-    ln -sf $out/bin/dolphin-emu $out/bin/dolphin-emu-master
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     install -D $src/Data/51-usb-device.rules $out/etc/udev/rules.d/51-usb-device.rules
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 48d1c21445fd..35d12ac05f4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ mapAliases ({
   dnnl = oneDNN; # added 2020-04-22
   docbook5_xsl = docbook_xsl_ns; # added 2018-04-25
   docbook_xml_xslt = docbook_xsl; # added 2018-04-25
+  dolphinEmu = dolphin-emu; # added 2021-11-10
+  dolphinEmuMaster = dolphin-emu-beta; # added 2021-11-10
   dotnet-netcore = dotnet-runtime; # added 2021-10-07
   double_conversion = double-conversion; # 2017-11-22
   docker_compose = docker-compose; # 2018-11-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eb48b682875b..07a421260dad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4578,8 +4578,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dotnetfx40 = callPackage ../development/libraries/dotnetfx40 { };
 
-  dolphinEmu = callPackage ../misc/emulators/dolphin-emu { };
-  dolphinEmuMaster = qt5.callPackage ../misc/emulators/dolphin-emu/master.nix {
+  dolphin-emu = callPackage ../misc/emulators/dolphin-emu { };
+  dolphin-emu-beta = qt5.callPackage ../misc/emulators/dolphin-emu/master.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreBluetooth ForceFeedback IOKit OpenGL;
   };