diff --git a/gnu/packages/music.scm b/gnu/packages/music.scm
index 456a90a642..d6a9afe319 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/music.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/music.scm
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ MusePack, Monkey's Audio, and WavPack files.")
                (base32
                 "182jy23qv115dipny7kglwbn21z55dp253w1ykm0kh8n6vkgs7gp"))
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-              (patches (list (search-patch
-                              "extempore-unbundle-external-dependencies.patch")))
+              (patches (search-patches
+                        "extempore-unbundle-external-dependencies.patch"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet
                '(begin
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/extempore-unbundle-external-dependencies.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/extempore-unbundle-external-dependencies.patch
index 64d6dcaf15..e9484f7994 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/extempore-unbundle-external-dependencies.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/extempore-unbundle-external-dependencies.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Remove build machinery for bundled dependencies.
+
 diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
 index 89e6125e..c5e90750 100644
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt