diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
index e96bee95..f9fdc7e2 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
-      wayland = lib.mkOption {
+      waypipe = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.bool;
         default = false;
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          Whether to run QEMU with a native wayland window, or not.
+          Whether to use waypipe for native wayland passthrough, or not.
         '';
       };
     };
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ in
           whether to enable graphics for the vm
         '';
       };
-      wayland = lib.mkOption {
+      waypipe = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.bool;
         internal = true;
         readOnly = true;
         description = ''
-          whether to enable native wayland window passthrough for the vm
+          whether to enable native wayland window passthrough with waypipe for the vm
         '';
       };
     };
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ in
     clanCore.vm.inspect = {
       clan_name = config.clanCore.clanName;
       memory_size = config.clan.virtualisation.memorySize;
-      inherit (config.clan.virtualisation) cores graphics wayland;
+      inherit (config.clan.virtualisation) cores graphics waypipe;
     };
     # for clan vm create
     system.clan.vm = {
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/inspect.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/inspect.py
index 4b286bb8..9e3804fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/inspect.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/inspect.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class VmConfig:
     cores: int
     memory_size: int
     graphics: bool
-    wayland: bool = False
+    waypipe: bool = False
 
 
 def inspect_vm(machine: Machine) -> VmConfig:
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
index b9f06379..4caf5305 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def graphics_options(vm: VmConfig) -> GraphicOptions:
         "driver=pa,model=virtio",
     ]
 
-    if vm.wayland:
+    if vm.waypipe:
         # FIXME: check for collisions
         cid = random.randint(1, 2**32)
         # fmt: off
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def qemu_command(
         f'regInfo={nixos_config["regInfo"]}/registration',
         "console=ttyS0,115200n8",
     ]
-    if not vm.wayland:
+    if not vm.waypipe:
         kernel_cmdline.append("console=tty0")
     # fmt: off
     command = [
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def run_vm(
         packages = ["nixpkgs#qemu"]
 
         env = os.environ.copy()
-        if vm.graphics and not vm.wayland:
+        if vm.graphics and not vm.waypipe:
             packages.append("nixpkgs#virt-viewer")
             remote_viewer_mimetypes = module_root() / "vms" / "mimetypes"
             env[
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class RunOptions:
     machine: str
     flake: Path
     nix_options: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    wayland: bool = False
+    waypipe: bool = False
 
 
 def run_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
@@ -372,21 +372,16 @@ def run_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         machine=args.machine,
         flake=args.flake,
         nix_options=args.option,
-        wayland=args.wayland,
     )
 
     machine = Machine(run_options.machine, run_options.flake)
 
     vm = inspect_vm(machine=machine)
 
-    if run_options.wayland:
-        vm.wayland = run_options.wayland
-
     run_vm(vm, run_options.nix_options)
 
 
 def register_run_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     parser.add_argument("machine", type=str, help="machine in the flake to run")
     parser.add_argument("--flake-url", type=str, help="flake url")
-    parser.add_argument("--wayland", action="store_true", help="use wayland")
     parser.set_defaults(func=run_command)