diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 7db556fa56..329eaf9358 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/clang-runtime-3.7-fix-build-with-python3.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/clang-runtime-3.9-libsanitizer-mode-field.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/clang-runtime-3.8-libsanitizer-mode-field.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/clasp-hide-event-ids.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/classpath-aarch64-support.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/classpath-miscompilation.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/cling-use-shared-library.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/clasp-hide-event-ids.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/clasp-hide-event-ids.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9587f9ff3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/clasp-hide-event-ids.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From a4c4e4f3c410834c3e56f644841f5bcbb084225c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@ist.tugraz.at>
+Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:15:16 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] clasp: Hide Event_t<T>::id_s.
+
+This patch helps build clingo with non-local clasp while keeping the
+event system working as intended.
+---
+ clasp/util/misc_types.h | 2 ++
+ src/CMakeLists.txt      | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/clasp/util/misc_types.h b/clasp/util/misc_types.h
+index 3677873..09c2075 100644
+--- a/clasp/util/misc_types.h
++++ b/clasp/util/misc_types.h
+@@ -432,7 +432,9 @@ struct Event_t : Event {
+ 	Event_t(Subsystem sys, Verbosity verb) : Event(sys, id_s, verb) {}
+ 	static const uint32 id_s;
+ };
++#if _BUILDING_CLASP_
+ template <class T> const uint32 Event_t<T>::id_s = Event::nextId();
++#endif
+ 
+ template <class ToType, class EvType> const ToType* event_cast(const EvType& ev) { return ev.id == ToType::id_s ? static_cast<const ToType*>(&ev) : 0; }
+ 
+diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index 8439d12..4f55990 100644
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ source_group("${ide_header}\\mt" FILES ${header_mt})
+ endif()
+ 
+ add_library(libclasp ${header} ${header_util} ${header_cli} ${header_mt} ${src})
++target_compile_definitions(libclasp PRIVATE _BUILDING_CLASP_)
+ if (CLASP_BUILD_WITH_THREADS)
+ 	target_link_libraries(libclasp PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
+ 	target_compile_options(libclasp PRIVATE
+-- 
+2.45.1
+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/potassco.scm b/gnu/packages/potassco.scm
index b7cfca2eec..5432fc10c3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/potassco.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/potassco.scm
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ between aspif and smodels format or to a human-readable text format.")
                     (url "https://github.com/potassco/clasp")
                     (commit (string-append "v" version))))
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (patches (search-patches "clasp-hide-event-ids.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0qap7rar8a5mkqz28n2hnvr4cfv5x0rh4zs3wdp919dw4d034chr"))))
@@ -200,22 +201,7 @@ satisfiability checking (SAT).")
               (substitute* "cmake/ClingoConfig.cmake.in"
                 (("find_package\\(Clasp") "find_package(clasp"))
               (rename-file "cmake/ClingoConfig.cmake.in"
-                           "cmake/clingo-config.cmake.in")))
-          (add-after 'unpack 'skip-failing-tests
-            (lambda _
-              (with-directory-excursion "libclingo/tests"
-                (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
-                  (("COMMAND test_clingo" all)
-                   (string-append all
-                                  " -f "
-                                  "\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/good.txt\"")))
-                (call-with-output-file "good.txt"
-                  (lambda (port)
-                    (for-each (lambda (test) (format port "~s~%" test))
-                              '("parse-ast-v2" "add-ast-v2" "build-ast-v2"
-                                "unpool-ast-v2" "parse_term"
-                                "propagator" "propgator-sequence-mining"
-                                "symbol" "visitor"))))))))))
+                           "cmake/clingo-config.cmake.in"))))))
     (inputs (list catch2-3 clasp libpotassco))
     (native-inputs (list bison re2c
                          mpark-variant
@@ -465,10 +451,7 @@ directly from the python command line.")))
                  (lambda _
                    ;; noclingo tests rely on this being set
                    (setenv "CLORM_NOCLINGO" "1")
-                   (delete-file "tests/test_mypy_query.py")
-                   (substitute* "tests/test_clingo.py"
-                     (("self\\.assertTrue\\(os_called\\)" all)
-                      (string-append "# " all))))))))
+                   (delete-file "tests/test_mypy_query.py"))))))
     (propagated-inputs (list python-clingo))
     (native-inputs (list python-typing-extensions))
     (home-page "https://potassco.org")
@@ -627,14 +610,6 @@ which allows user interfaces to be specified entirely as a logic program.")
                (base32
                 "0xzbby9ram55h87ykm652kgm45b8rlhbjc8gjkz308h1jnjllmmy"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     (list #:phases
-           #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
-               (add-after 'unpack 'delete-failing-tests
-                 (lambda _
-                   ;; XXX: Clingo statistics are broken in dependencies already.
-                   (for-each delete-file '("tests/test_solver.py"
-                                           "tests/test_test.py")))))))
     (inputs (list python-clingo))
     (native-inputs (list python-pytest))
     (home-page "https://potassco.org/clintest/")