diff --git a/hosts/common/cross/default.nix b/hosts/common/cross/default.nix
index 07518bc9..d3a92567 100644
--- a/hosts/common/cross/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/cross/default.nix
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ in
         in {
           # packages which don't cross compile
           inherit (emulated)
-            # adwaita-qt  # psqlodbc
+            # adwaita-qt6  # although qtbase cross-compiles with minor change, qtModule's qtbase can't
             apacheHttpd_2_4  # `configure: error: Size of "void *" is less than size of "long"`
             # duplicity  # python3.10-s3transfer
             # gdk-pixbuf  # cross-compiled version doesn't output bin/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer  (used by webp-pixbuf-loader
@@ -273,6 +273,20 @@ in
             # xdg-utils  # perl5.36.0-File-BaseDir / perl5.36.0-Module-Build
           ;
 
+          # adwaita-qt6 = prev.adwaita-qt6.override {
+          #   # adwaita-qt6 still uses the qt5 version of these libs by default?
+          #   inherit (next.qt6) qtbase qtwayland;
+          # };
+          # qt6 doesn't cross compile. the only thing that wants it is phosh/gnome, in order to
+          # configure qt6 apps to look stylistically like gtk apps.
+          # adwaita-qt6 isn't an input into any other packages we build -- it's just placed on the systemPackages.
+          # so... just set it to null and that's Good Enough (TM).
+          # adwaita-qt6 = derivation { name = "null-derivation"; builder = "/dev/null"; }; # null;
+          # adwaita-qt6 = next.stdenv.mkDerivation { name = "null-derivation"; };
+          adwaita-qt6 = next.emptyDirectory;
+          # same story as qdwaita-qt6
+          qgnomeplatform-qt6 = next.emptyDirectory;
+
           # apacheHttpd_2_4 = prev.apacheHttpd_2_4.override {
           #   # fixes original error
           #   # new failure mode: "/nix/store/czvaa9y9ch56z53c0b0f5bsjlgh14ra6-apr-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-1.7.0-dev/share/build/libtool: line 1890: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar: command not found"
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/phosh.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/phosh.nix
index b90b2d9a..bd1b58c3 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/phosh.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/phosh.nix
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ in
       # TODO(2023/02/28): remove this qt.style = "gtk2" override.
       # gnome by default tells qt to stylize its apps similar to gnome.
       # but the package needed for that doesn't cross-compile, hence i disable that here.
-      qt.platformTheme = "gtk2";
-      qt.style = "gtk2";
+      # qt.platformTheme = "gtk2";
+      # qt.style = "gtk2";
 
       # docs: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-22.05/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/phosh.nix
       services.xserver.desktopManager.phosh = {