diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
index f7dfc0a058cf..63a491e27a69 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/no-x-libs.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ with lib;
       qemu = super.qemu.override { gtkSupport = false; spiceSupport = false; sdlSupport = false; };
       qrencode = super.qrencode.overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; });
       qt5 = super.qt5.overrideScope (const (super': {
-        qtbase = super'.qtbase.override { withGtk3 = false; };
+        qtbase = super'.qtbase.override { withGtk3 = false; withQttranslation = false; };
       }));
       stoken = super.stoken.override { withGTK3 = false; };
       # translateManpages -> perlPackages.po4a -> texlive-combined-basic -> texlive-core-big -> libX11
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
index 5d0ffee503b8..fa5cb97b214f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 , mysofaSupport ? true
 , libmysofa
 , tinycompress
-, ffadoSupport ? stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform
+, ffadoSupport ? x11Support && stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform
 , ffado
 , libselinux
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
index 67e9bd5440d1..594489a0d750 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   # optional dependencies
 , cups ? null, postgresql ? null
 , withGtk3 ? false, dconf, gtk3
-, qttranslations ? null
+, withQttranslation ? true, qttranslations ? null
 
   # options
 , libGLSupported ? !stdenv.isDarwin
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: ({
     ] ++ lib.optionals (mysqlSupport) [
       "-L" "${libmysqlclient}/lib"
       "-I" "${libmysqlclient}/include"
-    ] ++ lib.optional (qttranslations != null) [
+    ] ++ lib.optional (withQttranslation && (qttranslations != null)) [
+      # depends on x11
       "-translationdir" "${qttranslations}/translations"
     ]
   );