diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix
index a2b38046c5a83..72e64f6904bd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.15/default.nix
@@ -342,9 +342,7 @@ let
 
       qmake = callPackage ({ qtbase }: makeSetupHook {
         name = "qmake-hook";
-        ${if stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
-          then "propagatedBuildInputs"
-          else "depsTargetTargetPropagated"} = [ qtbase.dev ];
+        depsTargetTargetPropagated = [ qtbase.dev ];
         substitutions = {
           inherit debug;
           fix_qmake_libtool = ../hooks/fix-qmake-libtool.sh;
@@ -353,7 +351,8 @@ let
 
       wrapQtAppsHook = callPackage ({ makeBinaryWrapper, qtbase, qtwayland }: makeSetupHook {
         name = "wrap-qt5-apps-hook";
-        propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase.dev makeBinaryWrapper ]
+        propagatedBuildInputs = [ makeBinaryWrapper ];
+        depsTargetTargetPropagated = [ qtbase.dev ]
           ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux qtwayland.dev;
       } ../hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh) { };
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/qtbase-setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/qtbase-setup-hook.sh
index 1b57d676e1fc5..ccd7592dfd37e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/qtbase-setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/qtbase-setup-hook.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+if [[ "x$stdenv" != "x@qtbase_stdenv@" ]]; then
+  echo "skipping qtbase-setup-hook.sh because of mismatch:"
+  echo "  stdenv of current derivation: $stdenv"
+  echo "  stdenv of qtbase.dev dependency: @qtbase_stdenv@"
+  echo "    qtbase = @dev@"
+  return
+fi
+
+echo "running qtbase-setup-hook.sh with hostOffset=$hostOffset targetOffset=$targetOffset: @out@"
+
 if [[ -n "${__nix_qtbase-}" ]]; then
     # Throw an error if a different version of Qt was already set up.
     if [[ "$__nix_qtbase" != "@dev@" ]]; then
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
index 67e9bd5440d11..eea9b73725ebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: ({
   dontStrip = debugSymbols;
 
   setupHook = ../hooks/qtbase-setup-hook.sh;
+  env.qtbase_stdenv = stdenv.outPath;
 
   passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/frescobaldi/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/frescobaldi/default.nix
index 57baeb7fe828f..5be22418a92f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/frescobaldi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/frescobaldi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, pyqtwebengine, lilypond }:
+{ lib, stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, pyqtwebengine, lilypond, gettext }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "frescobaldi";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     pyqtwebengine
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pyqtwebengine.wrapQtAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pyqtwebengine.wrapQtAppsHook gettext ];
 
   # Needed because source is fetched from git
   preBuild = ''