diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 22ee4bf..5528613 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,16 +2,10 @@ project('Hyprland', 'cpp', 'c',
   version : '0.1',
   default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++20', 'default_library=static'])

-wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['examples=false'])
-have_xwlr = wlroots.get_variable('features').get('xwayland')
+wlroots = dependency('wlroots', version: '>=0.16.0')
 xcb_dep = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))

-if get_option('xwayland').enabled() and not have_xwlr
-	error('Cannot enable Xwayland in Hyprland: wlroots has been built without Xwayland support')
-endif
-have_xwayland = xcb_dep.found() and have_xwlr
-
-if not have_xwayland
+if not xcb_dep.found()
 add_project_arguments('-DNO_XWAYLAND', language: 'cpp')
 endif

diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 5d64188..a676333 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
     server_protos,
     dependency('wayland-server'),
     dependency('wayland-client'),
-    wlroots.get_variable('wlroots'),
+    wlroots,
     dependency('cairo'),