diff --git a/srcpkgs/sway/template b/srcpkgs/sway/template
index 6e191ba70e5..fa8e1850c50 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sway/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sway/template
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ revision=2
 build_style=meson
 conf_files="/etc/sway/config"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel scdoc git"
-makedepends="xcb-util-wm-devel xcb-util-errors-devel wlroots-devel
- wayland-devel wayland-protocols pcre-devel
- json-c-devel pango-devel cairo-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel"
+makedepends="wlroots-devel pcre-devel json-c-devel pango-devel cairo-devel
+ gdk-pixbuf-devel"
 depends="swaybg xorg-server-xwayland $(vopt_if elogind elogind)"
 short_desc="Tiling Wayland compositor compatible with i3"
 maintainer="Érico Nogueira <ericonr@disroot.org>"
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/swaywm/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c80644774d612d7d377093d4990061d36c36673862c06318a7b0e37fa47b0178
 
 build_options="elogind"
-desc_option_elogind="Uses elogind instead of setuid for privilege escalation"
 
 post_patch() {
 	vsed -e 's/werror=true/werror=false/g' -i meson.build