diff --git a/overlays/qute.nix b/overlays/qute.nix
index 92165ab3..d85cabcb 100644
--- a/overlays/qute.nix
+++ b/overlays/qute.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 final: prev: {
   # wrapper to specify config file
   qute = prev.writeShellScriptBin "qute" ''
-    exec ${prev.qutebrowser}/bin/qutebrowser -C /etc/xdg/qutebrowser/config.py "$@"
+    QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME= exec ${prev.qutebrowser}/bin/qutebrowser -C /etc/xdg/qutebrowser/config.py "$@"
   '';
 }