diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
index 36320a01061..1bbed0613c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 , ffmpeg
 , soundtouch
 , pcre /*, portaudio - given up fighting their portaudio.patch */
+, linuxHeaders
 , at-spi2-core ? null
 , dbus ? null
 , epoxy ? null
@@ -41,24 +42,35 @@
 }:
 
 # TODO
-# - as of 2.4.2, GTK2 is still the recommended version ref https://www.audacityteam.org/download/source/ check if that changes in future versions
+# - 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 = "2.4.2";
+  version = "3.0.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "audacity";
     repo = "audacity";
     rev = "Audacity-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-hpRTo5B0EMyzORopsNPOgv6mohBkwJfWfCLnPvFmdFI=";
+    sha256 = "035qq2ff16cdl2cb9iply2bfjmhfl1dpscg79x6c9l0i9m8k41zj";
   };
 
   patches = [
     (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/a070b5d8a8ba10fb86edba6aeb8fdab0f66ba408.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-8UZupGcN+/tytAhyy5T1P0nufvsQPeyLgOUMGt7l8Oc=";
+      url = "https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/007852e51fcbb5f1f359d112f28b8984a604dac6.patch";
+      sha256 = "0zp2iydd46analda9cfnbmzdkjphz5m7dynrdj5qdnmq6j3px9fw";
       name = "audacity_xdg_paths.patch";
     })
   ];
@@ -68,6 +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=";
@@ -86,7 +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
@@ -110,8 +133,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sratom
     suil
     twolame
-    wxGTK
-    wxGTK.gtk
+    wxGTK-audacity
+    wxGTK-audacity.gtk
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     at-spi2-core
     dbus
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3db0e78d3b1..99b3c2098c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22160,9 +22160,7 @@ in
   audacious = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/audacious { };
   audaciousQt5 = audacious;
 
-  audacity-gtk2 = callPackage ../applications/audio/audacity { wxGTK = wxGTK31-gtk2; };
-  audacity-gtk3 = callPackage ../applications/audio/audacity { wxGTK = wxGTK31-gtk3; };
-  audacity = audacity-gtk2;
+  audacity = callPackage ../applications/audio/audacity { wxGTK = wxGTK31-gtk2; };
 
   audio-recorder = callPackage ../applications/audio/audio-recorder { };