diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/waybox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/waybox/default.nix
index 007e4dcc568..f6530aae8d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/waybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/waybox/default.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "waybox";
-  version = "unstable-2020-05-01";
+  version = "unstable-2021-04-07";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wizbright";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "93811898f0eea3035145f593938d49d5af759b46";
-    sha256 = "IOdKOqAQD87Rs3td8NVEgMnRF6kQSuQ64UVqeVqMBSM=";
+    rev = "309ccd2faf08079e698104b19eff32b3a255b947";
+    sha256 = "0kzss266jf1kgwnhk42vaakbmn269nphlq9xjsapp6mhccd9qz8v";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config meson ninja ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9ae283aa6b3..9db4aa5f934 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24045,9 +24045,7 @@ in
 
   i3-wk-switch = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/wk-switch.nix { };
 
-  waybox = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/waybox {
-    wlroots = wlroots_0_12;
-  };
+  waybox = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/waybox { };
 
   workstyle = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/workstyle.nix { };