diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libkeyfinder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libkeyfinder/default.nix
index d2aecccdedf..85747f2f38d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libkeyfinder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libkeyfinder/default.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,32 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fftw, qtbase, qmake }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fftw, catch2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libkeyfinder";
-  version = "2.1";
+  version = "2.2.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "07kc0cl6kirgmpdgkgmp6r3yvyf7b1w569z01g8rfl1cig80qdc7";
+    owner = "mixxxdj";
+    repo = "libkeyfinder";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    repo = "libKeyFinder";
-    owner = "ibsh";
+    sha256 = "005qq81xfzi1iifvpgkqpizxcrfisafq2r0cjp4fxqh1ih7bfimv";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ fftw qtbase ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace LibKeyFinder.pro \
-      --replace "/usr/local" "$out" \
-      --replace "-stdlib=libc++" ""
+  # needed for linking libkeyfinder.so into keyfinder-tests executable
+  preBuild = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)
   '';
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/include/keyfinder
-    install -m644 *.h $out/include/keyfinder
-    mkdir -p $out/lib
-    cp -a lib*.so* $out/lib
-  '';
+  buildInputs = [ fftw ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ catch2 ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Musical key detection for digital audio (C++ library)";
-    homepage = "http://www.ibrahimshaath.co.uk/keyfinder/";
+    homepage = "https://mixxxdj.github.io/libkeyfinder/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a7cca1c93fc..465701d0cea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15108,6 +15108,8 @@ in
 
   libkate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libkate { };
 
+  libkeyfinder = callPackage ../development/libraries/libkeyfinder { };
+
   libkml = callPackage ../development/libraries/libkml { };
 
   libksba = callPackage ../development/libraries/libksba { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
index f3708f0ab45..223132217a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/qt5-packages.nix
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ in (kdeFrameworks // plasma5 // plasma5.thirdParty // kdeApplications // qt5 //
 
   libdbusmenu = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/qt-5.5.nix { };
 
-  libkeyfinder = callPackage ../development/libraries/libkeyfinder { };
-
   libktorrent = callPackage ../development/libraries/libktorrent { };
 
   liblastfm = callPackage ../development/libraries/liblastfm { };