diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/disable-default-provider.diff b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/disable-default-provider.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a86aa4175cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/disable-default-provider.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/music_assistant/mass.py b/music_assistant/mass.py
+index 752f9e0af..9d7b3a521 100644
+--- a/music_assistant/mass.py
++++ b/music_assistant/mass.py
+@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ async def _load_providers(self) -> None:
+         changes_made = False
+         newly_created_defaults: set[str] = set()
+         for default_provider, require_mdns in DEFAULT_PROVIDERS:
++            continue
+             if default_provider in default_providers_setup:
+                 # already processed/setup before, skip
+                 continue
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix
index ce6c3ad5ac4f..c66e51117c4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant/package.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     #                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     # E   IndexError: tuple index out of range
     ./fix-webserver-tests-in-sandbox.patch
+
+    # As providers must be configured through the nixos module, there is no gain
+    # if Music Assistant tries to enable some of them without the proper dependencies.
+    ./disable-default-provider.diff
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''