diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
index 3c13b9604059..207e0a6fe30d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   dbus_cplusplus,
   desktop-file-utils,
   fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
   glibmm,
   libavc1394,
   libconfig,
@@ -18,20 +17,25 @@
   python311,
   scons,
   which,
+  withMixer ? false,
   wrapQtAppsHook,
 }:
 
 let
-  python = python311.withPackages (
-    pkgs: with pkgs; [
-      pyqt5
-      dbus-python
-    ]
-  );
+  python =
+    if withMixer then
+      python311.withPackages (
+        pkgs: with pkgs; [
+          pyqt5
+          dbus-python
+        ]
+      )
+    else
+      python311;
 in
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ffado";
-  version = "2.4.8";
+  version = "2.4.9";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.ffado.org/files/libffado-${version}.tgz";
-    hash = "sha256-0iFXYyGctOoHCdc232Ud80/wV81tiS7ItiS0uLKyq2Y=";
+    hash = "sha256-xELFL60Ryv1VE7tOhGyFHxAchIT4karFRe0ZDo/U0Q8=";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''
@@ -49,35 +53,27 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       --replace /lib/modules/ "/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/"
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    # fix installing metainfo file
-    ./fix-build.patch
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "musl.patch";
-      url = "http://subversion.ffado.org/changeset?format=diff&new=2846&old=2845";
-      stripLen = 2;
-      hash = "sha256-iWeYnb5J69Uvo1lftc7MWg7WrLa+CGZyOwJPOe8/PKg=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    desktop-file-utils
-    (scons.override { python3Packages = python311.pkgs; })
-    pkg-config
-    which
-    python
-    python.pkgs.pyqt5
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs =
+    [
+      (scons.override {
+        # SConstruct script depends on distutils removed in Python 3.12
+        python3Packages = python311.pkgs;
+      })
+      pkg-config
+      which
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withMixer [
+      python
+      python.pkgs.pyqt5
+      wrapQtAppsHook
+    ];
 
   prefixKey = "PREFIX=";
   sconsFlags = [
     "DEBUG=False"
     "ENABLE_ALL=True"
     "BUILD_TESTS=True"
-    "WILL_DEAL_WITH_XDG_MYSELF=True"
-    "BUILD_MIXER=True"
+    "BUILD_MIXER=${if withMixer then "True" else "False"}"
     "UDEVDIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev/rules.d"
     "PYPKGDIR=${placeholder "out"}/${python.sitePackages}"
     "BINDIR=${placeholder "bin"}/bin"
@@ -105,19 +101,12 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    desktop="$bin/share/applications/ffado-mixer.desktop"
-    install -DT -m 444 support/xdg/ffado.org-ffadomixer.desktop $desktop
-    substituteInPlace "$desktop" \
-      --replace Exec=ffado-mixer "Exec=$bin/bin/ffado-mixer" \
-      --replace hi64-apps-ffado ffado-mixer
-    install -DT -m 444 support/xdg/hi64-apps-ffado.png "$bin/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/ffado-mixer.png"
-
     # prevent build tools from leaking into closure
     echo 'See `nix-store --query --tree ${placeholder "out"}`.' > $out/lib/libffado/static_info.txt
   '';
 
-  preFixup = ''
-    wrapQtApp $bin/bin/ffado-mixer
+  preFixup = lib.optionalString withMixer ''
+    wrapQtApp "$bin/bin/ffado-mixer"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68d7eef8e1d9..b280d8007a7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26831,6 +26831,7 @@ with pkgs;
   fatrace = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/fatrace { };
 
   ffado = libsForQt5.callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ffado { };
+  ffado-mixer = libsForQt5.callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ffado { withMixer = true; };
   libffado = ffado;
 
   fbterm = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/fbterm { };