diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
index 8b81fd7c35a..92e6adbaa96 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         + "/audacity-ffmpeg.patch?h=packages/audacity&id=0c1e35798d4d70692";
       sha256 = "19fr674mw844zmkp1476yigkcnmb6zyn78av64ccdwi3p68i00rf";
     })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc6.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/60f2322055756e8cacfe96530a12c63e9694482c.patch";
-      sha256 = "07jlxr8y7ap3nsblx3zh8v9rcx7ajbcfnvwzhwykmbwbsyirgqf2";
-    })
-  ];
+  ]
+    ++ optional (hasPrefix "gcc-6" stdenv.cc.cc.name)
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "gcc6.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/60f2322055756e8cacfe96530a12c63e9694482c.patch";
+        sha256 = "07jlxr8y7ap3nsblx3zh8v9rcx7ajbcfnvwzhwykmbwbsyirgqf2";
+      });
 
   preConfigure = /* we prefer system-wide libs */ ''
     mv lib-src lib-src-rm
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ffmpeg libmad lame libvorbis flac soundtouch
   ]; #ToDo: detach sbsms
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   dontDisableStatic = true;
   doCheck = false; # Test fails