diff --git a/srcpkgs/weston/template b/srcpkgs/weston/template
index cea4074bafc168..d5e21d83247f9e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weston/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weston/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'weston'
 pkgname=weston
-version=15.0.1
+version=16.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 # requires XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for most tests
-configure_args="-Dtests=false $(vopt_bool vaapi deprecated-backend-drm-screencast-vaapi) "
+configure_args="-Dtests=false -Dbackend-vnc=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel wayland-protocols glslang"
 makedepends="libpng-devel wayland-devel wayland-protocols libxkbcommon-devel
  pixman-devel pango-devel cairo-devel mtdev-devel libwebp-devel
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ maintainer="Daniel Martinez <danielmartinez@cock.li>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/-/releases/${version}/downloads/weston-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=551d039bfb0c837ba5a4d027cdb8ee16bded0eedb789821f8025d8a64b791f6d
+checksum=dfb32e2bccabda957b94a8d0ec6075acd18c71c87ebc543ee3e618d294ca0f7f
 lib32disabled=yes
 replaces="weston-colord>=0 weston-x11>=0 weston-xwayland>=0"
 provides="weston-colord-${version}_${revision}