diff --git a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-graphics/wayland/wayland_%.bbappend b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-graphics/wayland/wayland_%.bbappend
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+# until fully tested, prefer `libwayland-egl` provided by `userland` instead of `wayland` when not using vc4graphics
+do_install_append_rpi () {
+    if [ "${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "vc4graphics", "1", "0", d)}" = "0" ]; then
+        rm -f ${D}${libdir}/libwayland-egl*
+        rm -f ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig/wayland-egl.pc
+    fi
+}