diff --git a/wayland/wl-clipboard/build b/wayland/wl-clipboard/build
index fa4fb1ce..87d589cc 100755
--- a/wayland/wl-clipboard/build
+++ b/wayland/wl-clipboard/build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-sed "/subdir('completions')/d" meson.build > _
-mv -f _ meson.build
+: > completions/meson.build
 
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \