diff --git a/thirdparty/traccc/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/traccc/CMakeLists.txt
index 2974ac1eea5..1c9ce167b89 100644
--- a/thirdparty/traccc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/traccc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ message(STATUS "Building traccc as part of the Acts project")
 set(TRACCC_VERSION "${_acts_traccc_version}")
 
 # Declare where to get traccc from.
-FetchContent_Declare(traccc ${ACTS_TRACCC_SOURCE})
+FetchContent_Declare(
+    traccc
+    ${ACTS_TRACCC_SOURCE}
+    PATCH_COMMAND
+        patch -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/remove-json-include.diff
+)
 
 set(ACTS_TRACCC_SCALARTYPE "double")
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/traccc/remove-json-include.diff b/thirdparty/traccc/remove-json-include.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72a6303ae94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/traccc/remove-json-include.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/io/src/read_digitization_config.cpp b/io/src/read_digitization_config.cpp
+index fbba17ae..defe89c5 100644
+--- a/io/src/read_digitization_config.cpp
++++ b/io/src/read_digitization_config.cpp
+@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
+ // Acts include(s).
+ #include <Acts/Plugins/Json/ActsJson.hpp>
+ #include <Acts/Plugins/Json/GeometryHierarchyMapJsonConverter.hpp>
+-#include <Acts/Plugins/Json/UtilitiesJsonConverter.hpp>
+
+ // System include(s).
+ #include <algorithm>