diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix
index 6d1b67a6dd2c4..55c926e91fbe5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   libid3tag,
   libopus,
   libuuid,
-  ffmpeg,
+  ffmpeg_7,
   soundtouch,
   portaudio, # given up fighting their portaudio.patch?
   portmidi,
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 # TODO
 # 1. detach sbsms
 
+let
+  ffmpeg = ffmpeg_7;
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "audacity";
   version = "3.7.7";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 734fce6033640..a87346178166e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9864,10 +9864,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   audacious = audacious-bare.override { withPlugins = true; };
 
-  audacity = callPackage ../by-name/au/audacity/package.nix {
-    ffmpeg = ffmpeg_7;
-  };
-
   bambootracker-qt6 = bambootracker.override { withQt6 = true; };
 
   awesome = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/awesome {