diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49b4b5d7..83e62d54 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -305,7 +305,11 @@ winapi = "0.3"
 window_clipboard = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/window_clipboard.git", tag = "sctk-0.20" }
 dnd = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/window_clipboard.git", tag = "sctk-0.20" }
 mime = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/window_clipboard.git", tag = "sctk-0.20" }
-winit = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/winit.git", tag = "cosmic-0.14" }
+# Yoda: default-features = false drops winit's x11 default, which otherwise
+# pulls winit-x11, x11-dl, tiny-xlib, as-raw-xcb-connection. Our Wayland-only
+# fork doesn't need any of that — the wayland + wayland-dlopen features are
+# re-enabled via iced_winit's own feature propagation from libcosmic-yoda.
+winit = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/winit.git", tag = "cosmic-0.14", default-features = false }
 winit-core = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/winit.git", tag = "cosmic-0.14" }
 cursor-icon = "1.1.0"