diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/beta.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/beta.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7733c1248fc2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/beta.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
-
-callPackage ./generic.nix (args // {
-  version = "5.0.0-beta2";
-  kde-channel = "unstable";
-  sha256 = "0hwh6k40f4kmwg14dy0vvm0m8cx8n0q67lrrc620da9mign3hjs7";
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix
index 7e0a8915c408..e9393a2e5a87 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { callPackage, ... } @ args:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix (args // {
-  version = "4.4.8";
+  version = "5.0.0";
   kde-channel = "stable";
-  sha256 = "1y0d8gnxfdg5nfwk8dgx8fc2bwskvnys049napb1a9fr25bqmimw";
+  sha256 = "sha256-hNWDPbyrP9OkGPTDdnDYKtkZQw8MbQpXuZOQdHHuzFc=";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 672fdf21b025..dab34668b217 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   kerberos = libkrb5; # moved from top-level 2021-03-14
   keymon = throw "keymon has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's abandoned and archived."; # added 2019-12-10
   kramdown-rfc2629 = rubyPackages.kramdown-rfc2629; # added 2021-03-23
+  krita-beta = krita; # moved from top-level 2021-12-23
   kvm = qemu_kvm; # added 2018-04-25
   latinmodern-math = lmmath;
   letsencrypt = certbot; # added 2016-05-16
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 71d860fe0e22..78a806fad75f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26520,7 +26520,6 @@ with pkgs;
   krane = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/krane { };
 
   krita = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/krita { };
-  krita-beta = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/krita/beta.nix { };
 
   krusader = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/krusader { };