diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x-wayland-minecraft.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x-wayland-minecraft.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 03baa891b3b4d..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x-wayland-minecraft.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch2, cmake, extra-cmake-modules
-, libGL, wayland, wayland-protocols, libxkbcommon, libdecor
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  version = "unstable-2023-06-01";
-  pname = "glfw-wayland-minecraft";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "glfw";
-    repo = "GLFW";
-    rev = "3eaf1255b29fdf5c2895856c7be7d7185ef2b241";
-    sha256 = "sha256-UnwuE/3q6I4dS5syagpnqrDEVDK9XSVdyOg7KNkdUUA=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Admicos/minecraft-wayland/15f88a515c63a9716cfdf4090fab8e16543f4ebd/0003-Don-t-crash-on-calls-to-focus-or-icon.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-NZbKh16h+tWXXnz13QcFBFaeGXMNxZKGQb9xJEahFnE=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Admicos/minecraft-wayland/15f88a515c63a9716cfdf4090fab8e16543f4ebd/0005-Add-warning-about-being-an-unofficial-patch.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-QMUNlnlCeFz5gIVdbM+YXPsrmiOl9cMwuVRSOvlw+T0=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libGL ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ wayland wayland-protocols libxkbcommon ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
-    "-DGLFW_BUILD_WAYLAND=ON"
-    "-DGLFW_BUILD_X11=OFF"
-    "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-D_GLFW_EGL_LIBRARY='\"${lib.getLib libGL}/lib/libEGL.so.1\"'"
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/wl_init.c \
-      --replace "libxkbcommon.so.0" "${lib.getLib libxkbcommon}/lib/libxkbcommon.so.0"
-
-    substituteInPlace src/wl_init.c \
-      --replace "libdecor-0.so.0" "${lib.getLib libdecor}/lib/libdecor-0.so.0"
-
-    substituteInPlace src/wl_init.c \
-      --replace "libwayland-client.so.0" "${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-client.so.0"
-
-    substituteInPlace src/wl_init.c \
-      --replace "libwayland-cursor.so.0" "${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-cursor.so.0"
-
-    substituteInPlace src/wl_init.c \
-      --replace "libwayland-egl.so.1" "${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-egl.so.1"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Multi-platform library for creating OpenGL contexts and managing input, including keyboard, mouse, joystick and time - with patches to support Minecraft on Wayland";
-    homepage = "https://www.glfw.org/";
-    license = licenses.zlib;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Scrumplex ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/prismlauncher/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/games/prismlauncher/wrapper.nix
index d91b2731135e0..4f81c8c4bb010 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/prismlauncher/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/prismlauncher/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , symlinkJoin
-, makeWrapper
 , wrapQtAppsHook
 , addOpenGLRunpath
 
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@
 , libpulseaudio
 , libGL
 , glfw
-, glfw-wayland-minecraft
 , openal
 , jdk8
 , jdk17
@@ -32,13 +30,6 @@
 , textToSpeechSupport ? stdenv.isLinux
 , controllerSupport ? stdenv.isLinux
 
-  # Adds `glfw-wayland-minecraft` to `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
-  # when launched on wayland, allowing for the game to be run natively.
-  # Make sure to enable "Use system installation of GLFW" in instance settings
-  # for this to take effect
-  #
-  # Warning: This build of glfw may be unstable, and the launcher
-  # itself can take slightly longer to start
 , withWaylandGLFW ? false
 
 , jdks ? [ jdk21 jdk17 jdk8 ]
@@ -46,8 +37,8 @@
 , additionalPrograms ? [ ]
 }:
 
-assert lib.assertMsg (withWaylandGLFW -> stdenv.isLinux) "withWaylandGLFW is only available on Linux";
-
+# glfw 3.4 works without any further patches. TODO: remove this option for 24.10
+assert lib.assertMsg (!withWaylandGLFW) "withWaylandGLFW is no longer needed. This option is going to be removed";
 let
   prismlauncher' = prismlauncher-unwrapped.override {
     inherit msaClientID gamemodeSupport;
@@ -61,10 +52,7 @@ symlinkJoin {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapQtAppsHook
-  ]
-  # purposefully using a shell wrapper here for variable expansion
-  # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/172583
-  ++ lib.optional withWaylandGLFW makeWrapper;
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     qtbase
@@ -72,20 +60,6 @@ symlinkJoin {
   ]
   ++ lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast qtbase.version "6" && stdenv.isLinux) qtwayland;
 
-  waylandPreExec = ''
-    if [ -n "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ]; then
-      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${lib.getLib glfw-wayland-minecraft}/lib:"$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-    fi
-  '';
-
-  postBuild = ''
-    ${lib.optionalString withWaylandGLFW ''
-      qtWrapperArgs+=(--run "$waylandPreExec")
-    ''}
-
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-  '';
-
   qtWrapperArgs =
     let
       runtimeLibs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b6d176e5713f7..bb3b5ca4dde93 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   gitter = throw "gitter has been removed since the client has been abandoned by upstream with the backend migration to Matrix"; # Added 2023-09-18
   glide = throw "'glide' has been removed as it is unmaintained, please use Go modules instead"; # Added 2023-12-26
   glfw-wayland = glfw; # Added 2024-04-19
+  glfw-wayland-minecraft = throw "glfw-wayland-minecraft has been removed, as it is no longer needed since glfw 3.4"; # Added 2024-04-25
   gmailieer = lieer; # Added 2020-04-19
   gmic-qt-krita = throw "gmic-qt-krita was removed as it's no longer supported upstream."; # Converted to throw 2023-02-02
   gnatboot11 = gnat-bootstrap11;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0909458a92c12..888aaaea5d2fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21101,7 +21101,6 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   glfw = glfw3;
-  glfw-wayland-minecraft = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/3.x-wayland-minecraft.nix {};
   glfw2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/2.x.nix { };
   glfw3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa Kernel OpenGL;