diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
index 9e7e4bc5efa..6e6c1f75b75 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ let
     , nameSuffix ? ""
     , icon ? browserName
     , extraNativeMessagingHosts ? []
-    , gdkWayland ? false
+    , forceWayland ? false
     , cfg ? config.${browserName} or {}
     }:
 
-    assert gdkWayland -> (browser ? gtk3); # Can only use the wayland backend if gtk3 is being used
+    assert forceWayland -> (browser ? gtk3); # Can only use the wayland backend if gtk3 is being used
 
     let
       enableAdobeFlash = cfg.enableAdobeFlash or false;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ let
         exec = "${browserName}${nameSuffix} %U";
         inherit icon;
         comment = "";
-        desktopName = "${desktopName}${nameSuffix}${lib.optionalString gdkWayland " (Wayland)"}";
+        desktopName = "${desktopName}${nameSuffix}${lib.optionalString forceWayland " (Wayland)"}";
         genericName = "Web Browser";
         categories = "Network;WebBrowser;";
         mimeType = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ";" [
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ let
             --set SNAP_NAME "firefox" \
             --set MOZ_LEGACY_PROFILES 1 \
             --set MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE 1 \
-            ${lib.optionalString gdkWayland ''
-              --set GDK_BACKEND "wayland" \
+            ${lib.optionalString forceWayland ''
+              --set MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND "1" \
             ''}${lib.optionalString (browser ? gtk3)
                 ''--prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
                   --suffix XDG_DATA_DIRS : '${gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme}/share'
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d86b5839667..702afba2bf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19889,7 +19889,7 @@ in
   firefox-unwrapped = firefoxPackages.firefox;
   firefox-esr-68-unwrapped = firefoxPackages.firefox-esr-68;
   firefox = wrapFirefox firefox-unwrapped { };
-  firefox-wayland = wrapFirefox firefox-unwrapped { gdkWayland = true; };
+  firefox-wayland = wrapFirefox firefox-unwrapped { forceWayland = true; };
   firefox-esr-68 = wrapFirefox firefox-esr-68-unwrapped { };
   firefox-esr = firefox-esr-68;