diff --git a/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template b/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template
index 9063688bdcc..c0576b8d913 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=17
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dcheck-py-modules=false"
-hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config python3-Cython"
 makedepends="glib-devel jack-devel python3-devel"
 depends="python3-cairo python3-gobject python3-xdg"
 short_desc="GTK JACK audio mixer with a look similar to its hardware counterpart"
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://rdio.space/jackmixer/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jack-mixer/jack_mixer/releases/download/release-${version}/jack_mixer-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=6c8c5735bed05b0a0f8ed7d3d582bc1dd346c2530331e226c86faec7d355e086
+
+post_extract() {
+	rm -f src/_jack_mixer.c
+}