diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index 94979a3500..01f809d5e9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -617,8 +617,7 @@ (define-public aubio
         "--enable-jack"
         "--enable-sndfile"
         "--enable-samplerate"
-        "--enable-avcodec")
-       #:python ,python-2))
+        "--enable-avcodec")))
     (inputs
      (list jack-1 libsndfile libsamplerate fftwf ffmpeg)) ; for libavcodec
     (native-inputs