diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b03d6fe59e..735cd8105c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -596,10 +596,9 @@ install(TARGETS kwin_x11         ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 if(HAVE_WAYLAND)
     include_directories(${Qt5Core_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     include_directories(${Qt5Gui_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    kf5_add_kdeinit_executable(kwin_wayland main_wayland.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(kdeinit_kwin_wayland kwin)
+    add_executable(kwin_wayland main_wayland.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(kwin_wayland kwin)
 
-    install(TARGETS kdeinit_kwin_wayland ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
     install(TARGETS kwin_wayland         ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 
     add_subdirectory(backends)
diff --git a/main_wayland.cpp b/main_wayland.cpp
index 6ecbe6afff..5cd353b2d6 100644
--- a/main_wayland.cpp
+++ b/main_wayland.cpp
@@ -408,8 +408,7 @@ static QString automaticBackendSelection()
 
 } // namespace
 
-extern "C"
-KWIN_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char * argv[])
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
     // process command line arguments to figure out whether we have to start Xwayland and the Wayland socket
     QByteArray waylandSocket;