diff --git a/srcpkgs/wayland/template b/srcpkgs/wayland/template
index 6068a5f4718..bea23d4ccbb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wayland/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wayland/template
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
 post_install() {
+	# avoid conflict with libGLs libwayland-egl
+	rm $DESTDIR/usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so.*
 	vlicense COPYING
 }