diff --git a/build_overrides/wayland.gni b/build_overrides/wayland.gni
index fa71520150..7bae828829 100644
--- a/build_overrides/wayland.gni
+++ b/build_overrides/wayland.gni
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@
 import("//build/config/ozone.gni")
 
 # Dawn has no wayland third-party dir
-use_system_libwayland = true
 wayland_gn_dir = ""