diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
index 518fd31e2ffa..388184f03da0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Core Wayland window system code and protocol";
-    mainProgram = "wayland-scanner";
     longDescription = ''
       Wayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its
       clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol.