diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
index 358da2082c0a..3f676ecd6cc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
@@ -43,15 +43,17 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   buildInputs = [
     qtbase
     glib-networking
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    qtwayland
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapQtAppsHook asciidoc
     docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxml2 libxslt
-    python3.pkgs.pygments
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; ([
+  dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [
+    colorama
     pyyaml (if isQt6 then pyqt6-webengine else pyqtwebengine) jinja2 pygments
     # scripts and userscripts libs
     tldextract beautifulsoup4
@@ -62,8 +64,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
     adblock
     # for the qute-bitwarden user script to be able to copy the TOTP token to clipboard
     pyperclip
-  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux qtwayland
-  );
+  ];
+
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-restart.patch
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
     runHook preInstall
 
     make -f misc/Makefile \
-      PYTHON=${python3.pythonOnBuildForHost.interpreter} \
+      PYTHON=${(python3.pythonOnBuildForHost.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ setuptools ])).interpreter} \
       PREFIX=. \
       DESTDIR="$out" \
       DATAROOTDIR=/share \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 13a3a9dbb8e2..07c3d029d635 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33614,12 +33614,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qutebrowser = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser {
     inherit (__splicedPackages.qt6Packages) qtbase qtwebengine wrapQtAppsHook qtwayland;
-    python3 = python311;
   };
 
   qutebrowser-qt5 = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser {
     inherit (__splicedPackages.libsForQt5) qtbase qtwebengine wrapQtAppsHook qtwayland;
-    python3 = python311;
   };
 
   qxw = callPackage ../applications/editors/qxw { };