diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix
index 1eb9693379e6..42384fa06ae2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in symlinkJoin {
   paths = (optional withBaseWrapper baseWrapper)
     ++ [ sway ];
 
-  strictDeps = true;
+  strictDeps = false;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ]
     ++ (optional withGtkWrapper wrapGAppsHook);