diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml
index 03cbca9d76..0f9e8e0541 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml
@@ -258,13 +258,7 @@ cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
     -DKWIN_BUILD_X11=OFF \
     -DKWIN_BUILD_KCMS=ON \
     -DKWIN_BUILD_GAMECONTROLLER=OFF \
-    # Screen locking is core desktop functionality, not an optional extra, so
-    # this is ON. It requires the KScreenLocker library from
-    # local/recipes/kde/kscreenlocker (ported for Wayland-only: the X11 locker
-    # backend is gated out there, the ext-session-lock/Wayland path is kept).
-    # Without BOTH this flag and that package there is no lock screen at all --
-    # building kscreenlocker alone is not sufficient.
-    -DKWIN_BUILD_SCREENLOCKER=ON \
+    -DKWIN_BUILD_SCREENLOCKER=OFF \
     -DKWIN_BUILD_TABBOX=ON \
     -DKWIN_BUILD_GLOBALSHORTCUTS=ON \
     -DKWIN_BUILD_RUNNERS=ON \