diff --git a/srcpkgs/qtile/patches/wayland.patch b/srcpkgs/qtile/patches/wayland.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bf70cf8c90920..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/qtile/patches/wayland.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/builder.py
-+++ b/builder.py
-@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ WAYLAND_FFI_BUILD = "./libqtile/backend/
- 
- 
- def wants_wayland(config_settings):
--    if config_settings:
--        for key in ["Backend", "backend"]:
--            if config_settings.get(key, "").lower() == "wayland":
--                return True
--
--    return False
-+    return True
- 
- 
- def build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings=None, metadata_directory=None):
diff --git a/srcpkgs/qtile/template b/srcpkgs/qtile/template
index 724c83b5d2d1c1..c92bda3089e17c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qtile/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qtile/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'qtile'
 pkgname=qtile
-version=0.34.0
+version=0.34.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 _wlroots=0.19
+make_build_args="--config-setting backend=wayland"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-cairocffi python3-xcffib python3-wheel
  pkg-config wayland-devel"
 makedepends="python3-devel libffi-devel pulseaudio-devel wlroots${_wlroots}-devel
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.qtile.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qtile/qtile/master/CHANGELOG"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/q/qtile/qtile-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=de3bb6cfa60e7fd7f5ff28bd47772eac6e2c5697e73a8b6497aafa81910eb285
+checksum=8000a29dd25908cc6d320987995f38ee5c5ef360e7f6e3b041f310de1a7c2b18
 
 pre_build() {
 	# CFLAGS+=" $($PKG_CONFIG --cflags cairo pixman-1 libdrm wlroots-${_wlroots})"