diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 26a3206d2056..956d2d7223f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, pkgconfig, addOpenGLRunpath, perl, texinfo, yasm
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, addOpenGLRunpath, perl, texinfo, yasm
 , alsaLib, bzip2, fontconfig, freetype, gnutls, libiconv, lame, libass, libogg
 , libssh, libtheora, libva, libdrm, libvorbis, libvpx, lzma, libpulseaudio, soxr
 , x264, x265, xvidcore, zlib, libopus, speex, nv-codec-headers, dav1d
@@ -163,10 +163,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
       "--cross-prefix=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}"
       "--enable-cross-compile"
-      "--pkg-config=pkg-config" # Override ffmpeg's ./configure assumption that pkg-config is prefixed by the architecture. (e.g. aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-pkg-config)
   ] ++ optional stdenv.cc.isClang "--cc=clang");
 
-  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ addOpenGLRunpath perl pkgconfig texinfo yasm ];
 
   buildInputs = [