diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index dda1159f98..2afb37175d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -5173,7 +5173,11 @@ (define-public butt
                                   version "/butt-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1dfspdh3f18lpp7asxpj63b9zfpvazi7shgrdacg17gd42ycayq5"))))
+                "1dfspdh3f18lpp7asxpj63b9zfpvazi7shgrdacg17gd42ycayq5"))
+              (modules '((guix build utils)))
+              (snippet
+               '(substitute* "src/butt.cpp"
+                  ((".*zica.*") "")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases