diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index fbbb975a58..9b178ae98d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -1378,12 +1378,12 @@ (define-public wlroots
        ("mesa" ,mesa)
        ("pixman" ,pixman)
        ("wayland" ,wayland)
+       ("wayland-protocols" ,wayland-protocols)
        ("xcb-util-errors" ,xcb-util-errors)
        ("xcb-util-wm" ,xcb-util-wm)
        ("xorg-server-xwayland" ,xorg-server-xwayland)))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-       ("wayland-protocols" ,wayland-protocols)))
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots")
     (synopsis "Pluggable, composable, unopinionated modules for building a
 Wayland compositor")