diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index f1f8e05..6c6087f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license=(mit)
 makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc' 'tllist>=1.0.1')
 depends=(
   'libxcb' 'xcb-util' 'xcb-util-cursor' 'xcb-util-wm'
-  'wayland' 'wlroots'
+  'wayland'
   'pixman'
   'libyaml'
   'alsa-lib'
diff --git a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
index 57bfb4c..6aa6349 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
+++ b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ conflicts=('yambar')
 provides=('yambar')
 makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc' 'tllist>=1.0.1')
 depends=(
-  'wayland' 'wlroots'
+  'wayland'
   'pixman'
   'libyaml'
   'alsa-lib'
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e080966..e8b5128 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ backend_x11 = xcb_aux.found() and xcb_cursor.found() and xcb_event.found() and \
 # Wayland dependencies
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client', required: get_option('backend-wayland'))
 wayland_cursor = dependency('wayland-cursor', required: get_option('backend-wayland'))
-wlroots = dependency('wlroots', required: get_option('backend-wayland'))
-backend_wayland = wayland_client.found() and wayland_cursor.found() and wlroots.found()
+backend_wayland = wayland_client.found() and wayland_cursor.found()
 
 # "My" dependencies, fallback to subproject
 tllist = dependency('tllist', version: '>=1.0.1', fallback: 'tllist')