diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a0eb2f10..de35c507 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ message(STATUS "Checking deps...")
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-server wayland-client wayland-cursor wayland-protocols cairo pango pangocairo libdrm egl xkbcommon libinput) # we do not check for wlroots, as we provide it ourselves
+pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-server wayland-client wayland-cursor wayland-protocols cairo libdrm egl xkbcommon libinput) # we do not check for wlroots, as we provide it ourselves
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES "src/*.cpp")
 
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index 58d63712..042fbfe7 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   meson,
   ninja,
+  cairo,
   git,
   hyprland-protocols,
   libdrm,
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
   libxkbcommon,
   mesa,
   mount,
-  pango,
   pciutils,
   wayland,
   wayland-protocols,
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ in
       buildInputs =
         [
           git
+          cairo
           libdrm
           libinput
           libxkbcommon
           mesa
-          pango
           wayland
           wayland-protocols
           wayland-scanner
diff --git a/nix/meson-build.patch b/nix/meson-build.patch
index 57950de9..53f11969 100644
--- a/nix/meson-build.patch
+++ b/nix/meson-build.patch
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
 index 5d64188..a676333 100644
 --- a/src/meson.build
 +++ b/src/meson.build
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
+@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
      server_protos,
      dependency('wayland-server'),
      dependency('wayland-client'),
 -    wlroots.get_variable('wlroots'),
 +    wlroots,
      dependency('cairo'),
-     dependency('pango'),
-     dependency('pangocairo'),
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 5084ef98..a8fa7cfc 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
     dependency('wayland-client'),
     wlroots.get_variable('wlroots'),
     dependency('cairo'),
-    dependency('pango'),
-    dependency('pangocairo'),
     dependency('libdrm'),
     dependency('egl'),
     dependency('xkbcommon'),