diff --git a/satellites/volumeicon.sat b/satellites/volumeicon.sat
index e69ae89..e2dd7ca 100644
--- a/satellites/volumeicon.sat
+++ b/satellites/volumeicon.sat
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ cd "$name-$version"
 if option !gtk3; then
     patch -p2 -i ../gtk2.patch
     autoreconf -i
+else
+    sed -i -e 's/-DCOMPILEWITH_NOTIFY/ &/' ./configure
 fi
-sed -i -e 's/-DCOMPILEWITH_NOTIFY/ &/' ./configure
 compile_configure -- --enable-notify
 
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