diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/accounts-qt/old.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/accounts-qt/old.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 26a04362090c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/accounts-qt/old.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, doxygen, glib, libaccounts-glib, pkgconfig, qt5 }:
-
-let version = "1.13"; in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "accounts-qt-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    sha256 = "1gpkgw05dwsf2wk5cy3skgss3kw6mqh7iv3fadrxqxfc1za1xmyl";
-    rev = version;
-    repo = "libaccounts-qt";
-    owner = "accounts-sso";
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Qt library for accessing the online accounts database";
-    homepage = "http://code.google.com/p/accounts-sso/";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nckx ];
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ glib libaccounts-glib qt5.base ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ doxygen pkgconfig ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    qmake PREFIX=$out LIBDIR=$out/lib CMAKE_CONFIG_PATH=$out/lib/cmake
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e55121ea39e7..07cf2a1194d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6047,8 +6047,6 @@ let
 
   accountsservice = callPackage ../development/libraries/accountsservice { };
 
-  accounts-qt = callPackage ../development/libraries/accounts-qt/old.nix {};
-
   acl = callPackage ../development/libraries/acl { };
 
   activemq = callPackage ../development/libraries/apache-activemq { };
@@ -15798,6 +15796,7 @@ let
   ### Deprecated aliases - for backward compatibility
 
 aliases = with self; rec {
+  accounts-qt = qt5.accounts-qt;  # added 2015-12-19
   adobeReader = adobe-reader;
   arduino_core = arduino-core;  # added 2015-02-04
   asciidocFull = asciidoc-full;  # added 2014-06-22