diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
index 8de87d2e8fd6..6227ccd2c9fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, makeWrapper, cmake, pkgconfig, asciidoc, libxslt, docbook_xsl
-, wayland, wlc, libxkbcommon, pixman, fontconfig, pcre, json_c, dbus_libs
-, pango, cairo, libinput, libcap, xwayland, pam, gdk_pixbuf, libpthreadstubs
+, cmake, pkgconfig, asciidoc, libxslt, docbook_xsl
+, wayland, wlc, libxkbcommon, pcre, json_c, dbus_libs
+, pango, cairo, libinput, libcap, pam, gdk_pixbuf, libpthreadstubs
 , libXdmcp
+, buildDocs ? true
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -17,28 +18,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper cmake pkgconfig
-    asciidoc libxslt docbook_xsl
-  ];
+    cmake pkgconfig
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional buildDocs [ asciidoc libxslt docbook_xsl ];
   buildInputs = [
-    wayland wlc libxkbcommon pixman fontconfig pcre json_c dbus_libs
-    pango cairo libinput libcap xwayland pam gdk_pixbuf libpthreadstubs
+    wayland wlc libxkbcommon pcre json_c dbus_libs
+    pango cairo libinput libcap pam gdk_pixbuf libpthreadstubs
     libXdmcp
   ];
 
-  patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i s@/etc/sway@$out/etc/sway@g CMakeLists.txt;
-  '';
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
   cmakeFlags = "-DVERSION=${version}";
-  installPhase = "PREFIX=$out make install";
-
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ wlc dbus_libs ];
-  preFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/sway \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}";
-  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "i3-compatible window manager for Wayland";