diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt
index 3071410a5..f2951fdf5 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ mypy==0.641
 mypy-extensions==0.4.1
 PyQt5==5.11.3
 PyQt5-sip==4.19.13
-PyQt5-stubs==5.11.3.0
+-e git+https://github.com/qutebrowser/PyQt5-stubs.git@wip#egg=PyQt5_stubs
 typed-ast==1.1.0
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt-raw
index e400122f6..636ad43a4 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-mypy.txt-raw
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 mypy
-PyQt5-stubs
+-e git+https://github.com/qutebrowser/PyQt5-stubs.git@wip#egg=PyQt5-stubs
+
+# remove @commit-id for scm installs
+#@ replace: @.*# @wip#