diff --git a/glfw/build.zig b/glfw/build.zig
index 0adcaf75..7106711b 100644
--- a/glfw/build.zig
+++ b/glfw/build.zig
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ pub const Options = struct {
     x11: bool = true,
 
     /// Only respected on Linux.
-    // TODO(build-system): update wayland-protocol source generation in linux system SDKs so we can
-    // turn this on by default.
-    wayland: bool = false,
+    wayland: bool = true,
 
     /// System SDK options.
     system_sdk: system_sdk.Options = .{},
@@ -170,7 +168,10 @@ fn linkGLFWDependencies(b: *Builder, step: *std.build.LibExeObjStep, options: Op
         },
         else => {
             // Assume Linux-like
-            if (options.wayland) step.linkSystemLibraryName("wayland-client");
+            if (options.wayland) {
+                step.linkSystemLibraryName("wayland-client");
+                step.defineCMacro("WL_MARSHAL_FLAG_DESTROY", null);
+            }
             if (options.x11) {
                 step.linkSystemLibraryName("X11");
                 step.linkSystemLibraryName("xcb");
diff --git a/glfw/src/sources_linux_wayland.c b/glfw/src/sources_linux_wayland.c
index 31efe7a3..c96d0e77 100644
--- a/glfw/src/sources_linux_wayland.c
+++ b/glfw/src/sources_linux_wayland.c
@@ -2,12 +2,3 @@
 #include "wl_monitor.c"
 #include "wl_window.c"
 #include "wl_init.c"
-
-// Note: These sources are generated by wayland-scanner, and distributed in sdk-linux-*
-// See e.g. https://github.com/hexops/sdk-linux-x86_64/blob/main/generate-wayland.sh 
-#include "wayland-viewporter-client-protocol.c"
-#include "wayland-xdg-decoration-client-protocol.c"
-#include "wayland-xdg-shell-client-protocol.c"
-#include "wayland-idle-inhibit-unstable-v1-client-protocol.c"
-#include "wayland-pointer-constraints-unstable-v1-client-protocol.c"
-#include "wayland-relative-pointer-unstable-v1-client-protocol.c"
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