diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/conf/layer.conf b/meta-arago-distro/conf/layer.conf
index 2ad036f5..af3be2b9 100644
--- a/meta-arago-distro/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-arago-distro/conf/layer.conf
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += " \
 "
 
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "corkscrew getent socket"
+
+PREFERRED_VERSION_mesa-demos = "9.0.0"
diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-demos_git.bb b/meta-arago-distro/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-demos_git.bb
index 2da3ceff..62cb0ee6 100644
--- a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-demos_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arago-distro/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-demos_git.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://src/xdemos/glxgears.c;beginline=1;endline=20;md5=a481
 SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/demos.git;protocol=https;branch=main"
 SRCREV = "02eae079cb0b8186064d5b194ca4cc2995f099ee"
 
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
 PV = "9.0.0+git"
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig features_check