diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/0001-generate-licenses.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/0001-generate-licenses.patch
index 4d02d0931d40d..b5c804da54591 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/0001-generate-licenses.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/0001-generate-licenses.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/script/generate-licenses b/script/generate-licenses
-index 43b2f5c458..c740a3afa2 100755
+index 9602813f0c..d16d11c203 100755
 --- a/script/generate-licenses
 +++ b/script/generate-licenses
-@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ cat assets/icons/LICENSES >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+@@ -16,16 +16,9 @@ cat assets/icons/LICENSES >> $OUTPUT_FILE
  
  echo -e "# ###### CODE LICENSES ######\n" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
  
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ index 43b2f5c458..c740a3afa2 100755
 -fi
  
  echo "Generating cargo licenses"
- cargo about generate --fail -c script/licenses/zed-licenses.toml script/licenses/template.hbs.md >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+ cargo about generate \
+-    --fail \
+     -c script/licenses/zed-licenses.toml \
+     "${TEMPLATE_FILE}" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
index 215f5f1b2e0eb..a718b63b31a2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     [
       # Zed uses cargo-install to install cargo-about during the script execution.
       # We provide cargo-about ourselves and can skip this step.
+      # Until https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/19971 is fixed,
+      # we also skip any crate for which the license cannot be determined.
       ./0001-generate-licenses.patch
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
@@ -206,10 +208,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   RUSTFLAGS = if withGLES then "--cfg gles" else "";
   gpu-lib = if withGLES then libglvnd else vulkan-loader;
 
-  # Enable back when https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/19971 is fixed
-  # preBuild = ''
-  #   bash script/generate-licenses
-  # '';
+  preBuild = ''
+    bash script/generate-licenses
+  '';
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     patchelf --add-rpath ${gpu-lib}/lib $out/libexec/*