diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
index d8db58e6d365..1bbed0613c8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch
 , cmake
+, wxGTK
 , pkg-config
 , python3
 , gettext
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 , ffmpeg
 , soundtouch
 , pcre /*, portaudio - given up fighting their portaudio.patch */
+, linuxHeaders
 , at-spi2-core ? null
 , dbus ? null
 , epoxy ? null
@@ -43,6 +45,17 @@
 # - as of 3.0.2, GTK2 is still the recommended version ref https://www.audacityteam.org/download/source/ check if that changes in future versions
 # - detach sbsms
 
+let
+  wxGTK-audacity = wxGTK.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "audacity";
+      repo = "wxWidgets";
+      rev = "07e7d832c7a337aedba3537b90b2c98c4d8e2985";
+      sha256 = "1mawnkcrmqj98jp0jxlnh9xkc950ca033ccb51c7035pzmi9if9a";
+      fetchSubmodules = true;
+    };
+  });
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "audacity";
   version = "3.0.2";
@@ -57,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/007852e51fcbb5f1f359d112f28b8984a604dac6.patch";
-      sha256 = "1ajwp0zq725qp5v98av0g9z05w153vdrk69f61aq2qa73g7p1fnz";
+      sha256 = "0zp2iydd46analda9cfnbmzdkjphz5m7dynrdj5qdnmq6j3px9fw";
       name = "audacity_xdg_paths.patch";
     })
   ];
@@ -67,6 +80,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     touch src/RevisionIdent.h
   '';
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/FileNames.cpp --replace /usr/include/linux/magic.h ${linuxHeaders}/include/linux/magic.h
+  '';
+
   # workaround for a broken cmake. Drop it with a later version to see if it works.
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94905
   cmakeFlags = lib.optional stdenv.isLinux "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=";
@@ -85,7 +102,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-lswscale"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gettext pkg-config python3 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    gettext
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    linuxHeaders
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     alsaLib
@@ -109,7 +133,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sratom
     suil
     twolame
-    import ./wxWidgets-audacity.nix {}
+    wxGTK-audacity
+    wxGTK-audacity.gtk
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     at-spi2-core
     dbus
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/wxWidgets-audacity.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/wxWidgets-audacity.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e593ba69ecad..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/wxWidgets-audacity.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchurl
-, pkg-config
-, libXinerama
-, libSM
-, libXxf86vm
-, libXtst
-, gtk2
-, GConf ? null
-, gtk3
-, xorgproto
-, gst_all_1
-, setfile
-, libGLSupported ? lib.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms
-, withMesa ? libGLSupported
-, libGLU ? null
-, libGL ? null
-, compat28 ? false
-, compat30 ? true
-, unicode ? true
-, withGtk2 ? true
-, withWebKit ? false
-, webkitgtk ? null
-, AGL ? null
-, Carbon ? null
-, Cocoa ? null
-, Kernel ? null
-, QTKit ? null
-}:
-
-with lib;
-
-assert withMesa -> libGLU != null && libGL != null;
-assert withWebKit -> webkitgtk != null;
-
-assert assertMsg (withGtk2 -> withWebKit == false) "wxGTK31: You cannot enable withWebKit when using withGtk2.";
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "3.1.3";
-  pname = "wxwidgets";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "audacity";
-    repo = "wxWidgets";
-    rev = "07e7d832c7a337aedba3537b90b2c98c4d8e2985";
-    sha256 = "1mawnkcrmqj98jp0jxlnh9xkc950ca033ccb51c7035pzmi9if9a";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libXinerama
-    libSM
-    libXxf86vm
-    libXtst
-    xorgproto
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
-  ] ++ optionals withGtk2 [ gtk2 GConf ]
-  ++ optional (!withGtk2) gtk3
-  ++ optional withMesa libGLU
-  ++ optional withWebKit webkitgtk
-  ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ setfile Carbon Cocoa Kernel QTKit ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = optional stdenv.isDarwin AGL;
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      # https://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/17942
-      url = "https://trac.wxwidgets.org/raw-attachment/ticket/17942/"
-        + "fix_assertion_using_hide_in_destroy.diff";
-      sha256 = "009y3dav79wiig789vkkc07g1qdqprg1544lih79199kb1h64lvy";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags =
-    [
-      "--disable-precomp-headers"
-      "--enable-mediactrl"
-      (if compat28 then "--enable-compat28" else "--disable-compat28")
-      (if compat30 then "--enable-compat30" else "--disable-compat30")
-    ]
-    ++ optional unicode "--enable-unicode"
-    ++ optional withMesa "--with-opengl"
-    ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin
-      # allow building on 64-bit
-      [ "--with-cocoa" "--enable-universal-binaries" "--with-macosx-version-min=10.7" ]
-    ++ optionals withWebKit
-      [ "--enable-webview" "--enable-webviewwebkit" ];
-
-  SEARCH_LIB = "${libGLU.out}/lib ${libGL.out}/lib ";
-
-  preConfigure = "
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace 'SEARCH_INCLUDE=' 'DUMMY_SEARCH_INCLUDE='
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace 'SEARCH_LIB=' 'DUMMY_SEARCH_LIB='
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace /usr /no-such-path
-  " + optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace \
-      'ac_cv_prog_SETFILE="/Developer/Tools/SetFile"' \
-      'ac_cv_prog_SETFILE="${setfile}/bin/SetFile"'
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace \
-      "-framework System" \
-      -lSystem
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = "
-    (cd $out/include && ln -s wx-*/* .)
-  ";
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit compat28 compat30 unicode;
-    gtk = if withGtk2 then gtk2 else gtk3;
-  };
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    platforms = with platforms; darwin ++ linux;
-    license = licenses.wxWindows;
-    homepage = "https://www.wxwidgets.org/";
-    description = "A C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, macOS, Linux and other platforms with a single code base";
-    longDescription = ''
-      WxWidgets gives you a single, easy-to-use API for
-      writing GUI applications on multiple platforms that still utilize the
-      native platform's controls and utilities. Link with the appropriate library
-      for your platform and compiler, and your application will adopt the look
-      and feel appropriate to that platform. On top of great GUI functionality,
-      wxWidgets gives you: online help, network programming, streams, clipboard
-      and drag and drop, multithreading, image loading and saving in a variety of
-      popular formats, database support, HTML viewing and printing, and much
-      more.
-    '';
-    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b86a1ddf2de..8e436653ba8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22152,7 +22152,7 @@ in
   audacious = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/audacious { };
   audaciousQt5 = audacious;
 
-  audacity = callPackage ../applications/audio/audacity { };
+  audacity = callPackage ../applications/audio/audacity { wxGTK = wxGTK31-gtk2; };
 
   audio-recorder = callPackage ../applications/audio/audio-recorder { };