diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libqalculate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libqalculate/package.nix
index acef76c7a30d..0b70df361a2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libqalculate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libqalculate/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  intltool,
   pkg-config,
   doxygen,
   autoreconfHook,
@@ -27,13 +26,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libqalculate";
-  version = "5.8.2";
+  version = "5.9.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "qalculate";
     repo = "libqalculate";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-oA4AcsnyBhH6YtyHAb5Duzf5vGhY3tJT0Su3C09xOPU=";
+    hash = "sha256-BhpqNTFkghb+Qg/oEKfascvo5Q5BKXjzCOL8S7OE4Kc=";
   };
 
   outputs = [
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    intltool
     pkg-config
     autoreconfHook
     doxygen
@@ -65,10 +63,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    intltoolize -f
-  '';
-
   postPatch = lib.optionalString (gnuplotBinary != "") ''
     substituteInPlace libqalculate/Calculator-plot.cc \
       --replace-fail 'commandline = "gnuplot"' 'commandline = "${gnuplotBinary}"' \